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Requesting and Installing Other Server Certificates
Installing Other Server Certificates
When you receive your certificate back from the CA, it will be encrypted with your
public key so that only you can decrypt it. Only by entering the correct password
for your trust database, can you decrypt and install your certificate.
There are three types of certificates:
•
Your own server's certificate to present to clients
•
A CA's own certificate for use in a certificate chain
•
A trusted CA's certificate
A certificate chain is a hierarchical series of certificates signed by successive
certificate authorities. A CA certificate identifies a certificate authority (CA) and is
used to sign certificates issued by that authority. A CA certificate can in turn be
signed by the CA certificate of a parent CA, and so on, up to a root CA.
NOTE
When you receive a certificate from the CA, it will be encrypted with your public
key so that only you can decrypt it. The server will use the key-pair file password
you specify to decrypt the certificate when you install it. You can either save the
email somewhere accessible to the server, or copy the text of the email and be ready
to paste the text into the Install Certificate form, as described here.
Installing a Certificate
To install a certificate, perform the following steps:
Access either the Administration Server or the Server Manager and choose the
1.
Security tab.
For the Server Manager you must first select the server instance from the
drop-down list.
Click the Install Certificate link.
2.
Check the type of certificate you are installing:
3.
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If your CA doesn't automatically send you their certificate, you
should request it. Many CAs include their certificate in the email
with your certificate, and your server installs both certificates at the
same time.
This Server is for a single certificate associated only with your server.
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