Use the following steps to install the private key and certificate on Network Configuration Manager.

Step

Action

1

Log into the server as a user with administrator privileges.

2

  • Type the following command to change directories to [Product Directory]\tools\ssl, and then press Enter: cd [Product Directory]\tools\ssl

  • Where [Product Directory] is the path to the directory you installed Network Configuration Manager to initially.

3

Type the following command and press Enter: perl ssl-utility.pl –install <private key file> <certificate file>

For example: perl ssl-utility.pl –install server.key certnew.cer

4

The installer prompts you to confirm that you want to install the private key and certificate.

Type Y, and press Enter.

5

Partially through the certificate install, you are prompted to enter a password to protect the private key and Java keystore. This password must be at least six characters.

Enter a password, and press Enter.

Once the utility completes, the ncm-as and Apache services are restarted, and a message displays indicating the SSL configuration is complete.

6

Place the Certificate Authority (CA) root certificate on each Device server.

7

Download the CA root certificate in base64 format, and save the file as ca-root-cert.crt.

The root certificate is available from the Certificate Authority’s website.

8

Copy this file to each Device server, and place it into the [Product Directory]\conf\CA\ directory.

9

Run the perl [Product Directory]\conf\CA\cert_hash.pl utility on each Device server.