Certificate Services Support

Purpose: SSL/TLS certificate installation guide
For iPlanet 4x

You must install the Entrust SSL Certificate to provide secure access to your Web server. Follow these steps:

1. Install your Entrust SSL Certificate as described below. 
2. Enable SSL in your Web server as described in your server's documentation.

1. Open the iPlanet Web Server Administration Server.
2. On the Servers tab select your server and click Manage.
3. Click the Security tab.
4. Click Install Certificate.
5. Under Certificate For: select This Server.
6. Cryptographic Module should be Internal (Software).
7. Enter the Trust Database password in the Key Pair File Password box.
8. Leave the Certificate Name field blank.
9. Select Message Text (with Headers).
10. Open a Web browser and go to the URL that appears in the confirmation email you received from Entrust. The Entrust SSL Certificate is in the section named "Entrust SSL Certificate". The certificate looks similar to this example:

    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
    MIISDOIUlkmlsRRlkSlIWLISdsSKJlalOSISLKjwBgNVBAg
    AALOJdlwjam4gQ2FwZTESMBAGA1UEBxMJQ2FwZSBUb3duMR
    QwEgYDVQQKEwHLOWDvcnR1bml0aTEYMBYGKi2UECxMPT25s
    aW5lIFNlcnZpY2VzMRowGAYDVQQDExF3d3cuZm9yd2FyZC5
    jby56YTBaMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEHHKJWAAklmLKSuljSOIjsfB
    Wu5WLHD/G4BJ+PobiC9d7S6pDvAjuyC+dPAnL0d91tXdm2j
    190D1kgDoSp5ZyGSgwJh2V7diuuPlHDAgEDoAAwDQYJVVjk
    ksohvcNAQEEBQADQQBf8LSLKknlsklSSLlworrr334ZmXD1
    AvUjuDPCWzFupRIlliq7UR8Z0wiJUUsllkfq/IuuIlz6oq6
    htdJklil/wdhh
    -----END CERTIFICATE-----

11. Copy the Entrust SSL Certificate to your clipboard. You must include the "----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----" and "-----END CERTIFICATE-----" lines.
12. Paste the Entrust SSL Certificate into the text box under Message Text ensuring that it is all left aligned with no trailing white space.
13. Click OK.
14. Click Add Server Certificate
15. Click OK to the warning regarding the server having to be restarted.
16. You should now receive a "Success" message, click OK.
17. Now you must restart your web server for the changes to take effect.