Guidelines For Editing The Configuration File - Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 4.5 Installation And Setup Manual

Modifying the Configuration
To modify the configuration file directly:
Stop the CMS instance whose configuration file you want to edit (see
1.
"Stopping Certificate Management System" on page 320).
Open a terminal window.
2.
Go to this directory:
3.
Open the configuration file,
4.
Edit information in the file and save your changes.
5.
Restart Certificate Management System (see "Restarting Certificate
6.
Management System" on page 322).

Guidelines for Editing the Configuration File

The file-based, configuration-store implementation for Certificate Management
System is based on
you interpret the information in the configuration file.
• The format of the configuration file is as follows:
#comment
[parameter]=value
value
[parameter]
multi
line
value (e.g. base-64 encoded certificate)
• Comment lines, blank lines, unknown parameters, or misspelled parameters
are ignored by Certificate Management System. Comment lines begin with a
number sign (#). A line beginning with white space is considered a
continuation of the previous line.
• The configuration file has many sections. Some sections contain parameters
specific to the subsystems that have been installed; the other sections contain
parameters that are shared by the subsystems. Subsystem-specific parameters
are distinguished by a prefix identifying the subsystem:
350 Netscape Certificate Management System Installation and Setup Guide • October 2001
<server_root>/cert-<instance_id>/config
java.util.Properties
for the Certificate Manager
ca
for the Registration Manager
ra
for the Data Recovery Manager
kra
for the Online Certificate Status Manager
ocsp
, in a text editor.
CMS.cfg
. The following guidelines may help