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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Importing a Server Certificate

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Users and Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»About Login
»About Secure Task Execution
»Configuring the System Link
»Configuring Login Events
»Configuring Browser Timeout Options
»Server Certificates
»Exporting a Server Certificate
»Editing a Server Certificate
»Creating a Server Certificate
Importing a Server Certificate
»Creating a Certificate Signing Request
»Submitting a Certificate Signing Request
»Importing a CA-Signed Certificate
»Synchronizing Certificates
»Replicating Trusted Certificates
»Trusted Certificates
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Related Procedures
» Related Topics

Import a Certificate Authority (CA)-signed server certificate to replace the existing server certificate in the following situations:

  • You have installed HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) and want to replace the default self-signed certificate with a certificate created by a third-party CA or your own internal CA.

  • The integrity of the HP SIM server certificate private key is compromised.

  • The existing HP SIM server certificate has expired.

Replacing the SSL server certificate and private key invalidates the existing server certificate wherever it might be imported, such as browsers and the Trusted Management Servers Lists of managed systems. Replace the previous server certificate with the new server certificate, in accordance with your security practices, to return to the same level of functionality you had before.

This process also replaces the local System Management Homepage certificate and private key and updates the certificate sharing directory with a new server certificate and private key.

To import a server certificate:

  1. Create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR). Refer to Server Certificates - Creating a Certificate Signing Request. The CSR uses parameters from the existing certificate. If you want to change those parameters, edit the server certificate (refer to Server Certificates - Editing a Server Certificate) or create a new server certificate (refer to Server Certificates - Creating a Server Certificate.)

  2. Submit the request to a CA. Refer to Server Certificates - Submitting a Certificate Signing Request for more information. The CA returns a signed certificate.

  3. Import the signed certificate reply into HP SIM. Refer to Server Certificates - Importing a CA-Signed Certificate for more information.

Related Procedures

» Server Certificates - Creating a Server Certificate
» Server Certificates - Exporting a Server Certificate
» Server Certificates - Editing a Server Certificate
» Server Certificates - Synchronizing Certificates
» Server Certificates - Creating a Certificate Signing Request
» Server Certificates - Importing a CA-Signed Certificate
» Server Certificates - Submitting a Certificate Signing Request

Related Topics

» Networking and Security - Server Certificates
» HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Networking and Security
» Tools that Extend Management - Installing OpenSSH
» Administering Systems and Events - Managing SSH Keys