Publishers - Red Hat CERTIFICATE SYSTEM 7.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Publishers

The rule first determines if the object meets the rule, and then where it is to be
published. Determining if the object meets the rule is done by matching the type and
predicate set up in the rule with the object itself. Determining where matching objects
are published is determined by the Publisher and Mapper that is associated with this
rule.
For complete details about setting up Rules, see "Modifying Publishing Rules for
Certificates and CRLs," on page 622.
If you are publishing CRLs, you must set up CRLs before you can publish them. See
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Chapter 15, "Revocation and CRLs" for complete details.
For LDAP publishing, you need to configure the Directory Server you will be
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publishing to. See "Configuring the Directory for LDAP Publishing," on page 632 for
details.
Enable Publishing. You should enable publishing after setting up Publishers, Mappers
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and Rules. Once it is enabled, the server will start publishing. If you have not finished
setting up, publishing may not work correctly, or at all.
For complete details, see "Enabling Publishing," on page 628.
Publishers
Publishers allow you to specify the location where you want a particular object published.
In the case of publishing to a file, a publisher specifies a particular location in which you
want to publish the files. You can publish everything to one location, or you can create
publishers for each location you want to publish to. In the case of OCSP publishing, a
publisher specifies a particular location in the Online Certificate Status Manager in which
you want to publish a CRL. You can publish all CRLs to one location, or you can create
publishers for each location you want to publish to. In the case of publishing to a directory,
a publisher specifies a particular attribute in the LDAP entry that stores the published file.
Publishers specifying the standard X.500 attributes for storing objects have already been
defined. Generally, you do not need to configure Publishers for LDAP publishing.
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