Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 4.5 Installation And Setup Manual page 346

Effects of Installation Type on Configuration
A CMS instance can include a single subsystem or two subsystems in one of the
following combinations:
• A single Certificate Manager, Registration Manager, Data Recovery Manager,
or Online Certificate Status Manager
• A Certificate Manager and Data Recovery Manager together
• A Registration Manager and Data Recovery Manager together
Figure 10-1 on page 347 illustrates a deployment scenario involving two instances
of Certificate Management System running on the same host (Host A) and a single
instance running on another host (Host B). Notice the two separate configuration
files for the instances running on Host A, one for each CMS instance.
Although the names of both the configuration files are the same, the information
included in the files differs according to the subsystems installed in each instance.
For example, the configuration file for CMS Instance 1 includes only those
parameters that govern the Registration Manager, whereas the configuration file
for CMS Instance 2 includes parameters that control both the Certificate Manager
and Data Recovery Manager.
It is also important to understand that subsystems installed in a CMS instance
share certain parts of the configuration. They use the same
• Administration, agent, and end-entity ports for interaction
• Internal token and trust database
• SSL ciphers during SSL negotiation
• Privileged users (administrators and agents)
• Log files to log messages
• Internal database for data storage
346 Netscape Certificate Management System Installation and Setup Guide • October 2001