Guidelines For Editing The Configuration File - Red Hat CERTIFICATE SYSTEM 7.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Configuration Files
Stop the CS instance whose configuration file you want to edit (see "Starting, Stopping,
1.
and Restarting CS Instances" on page 246).
The configuration file is stored in the cache when you start CS. Any changes you make
to CS through the CS console are changed in the cached version of the file. When you
stop or restart the server, the configuration file stored in the cache is written to disk.
You must stop the server before editing the configuration file because your changes
will be overwritten by the cached version when the server is stopped or restarted.
Go to the following directory:
2.
<server_root>/cert-<instance_id>/config
Open the file
3.
Edit the parameters in the file and save your changes.
4.
Start CS (see "Starting, Stopping, and Restarting CS Instances" on page 246).
5.

Guidelines for Editing the Configuration File

The following are guidelines for editing the configuration file:
• The format for parameters is as follows:
#comment
[parameter]=value
• Comment lines begin with the pound
• A line beginning with white space is considered a continuation of the previous line.
• Comment lines, blank lines, unknown parameters, or misspelled parameters are
ignored by the server.
• Subsystem-specific parameters are distinguished by a prefix identifying the subsystem
as follows:
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in a text editor.
CS.cfg
for the Certificate Manager
ca
for the Registration Manager
ra
for the Data Recovery Manager
kra
for the Online Certificate Status Manager
ocsp
character and are ignored.
(#)