Module Reference; Publisher Plug-In Modules - Red Hat CERTIFICATE SYSTEM 7.3 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

Chapter 15. Publishing

15.13. Module Reference

The following sections list and describe the publisher, mapper, and rule modules that are contained by
default with the Certificate Manager.
Section 15.13.1, "Publisher Plug-in Modules"
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Section 15.13.2, "Mapper Plug-in Modules "
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Section 15.13.3, "Configuring Rule Instances"
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15.13.1. Publisher Plug-in Modules

This section describes the publisher modules provided for the Certificate Manager. The modules are
used by the Certificate Manager to enable and configure specific publisher instances.
Section 15.13.1.1, "FileBasedPublisher"
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Section 15.13.1.2, "LdapCaCertPublisher"
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Section 15.13.1.3, "LdapUserCertPublisher"
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Section 15.13.1.4, "LdapCrlPublisher"
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Section 15.13.1.5, "LdapDeltaCrlPublisher"
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Section 15.13.1.6, "LdapCertificatePairPublisher"
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Section 15.13.1.7, "OCSPPublisher"
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15.13.1.1. FileBasedPublisher
The FileBasedPublisher plug-in module configures a Certificate Manager to publish certificates
and CRLs to file. This mapper can publish base-64 encoded files, DER-encoded files, or both,
depending on the checkboxes selected when the publisher is configured. The certificate and CRL
content can be viewed by converting the files using the PrettyPrintCert and PrettyPrintCRL
tools. For details on viewing the content in base-64 and DER-encoded certificates and CRLs, see
Section 15.9, "Viewing Certificates and CRLs Published to
By default, the Certificate Manager does not create an instance of the FileBasedPublisher
module.
Parameter
Publisher ID
directory
Table 15.4. FileBasedPublisher Configuration Parameters
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File".
Description
Specifies a name for the publisher, an
alphanumeric string with no spaces. For
example, PublishCertsToFile.
Specifies the complete path to the directory
to which the Certificate Manager creates
the files; the path can be an absolute path
or can be relative to the Certificate System
instance directory. For example, /export/CS/
certificates.