
The Server Admin interface is shown below, with Certificates selected.
Certificate Manager provides integrated management of SSL certificates in
Mac OS X Server for services that allow the use of SSL certificates. On installation, the server creates a
Certificate Manager uses Mac OS X’s Certificate Assistant to create
Certificate Manager in Server Admin doesn’t allow you to sign and issue certificates as a CA, nor does it allow you to sign and issue certificates as a root authority. If you need these functions, you can use Certificate Assistant in Keychain Access (located in /Applications/Utilities/). It provides these capabilities and others for working with x.509 certificates.
Identities that were created and stored in OpenSSL files can also be imported into Certificate Manager. They are accessible to services that support SSL.
Certificate Manager displays the following for each certificate: ÂÂ The domain name the certificate was issued for
ÂÂ The expiration date of the certificate
ÂÂ When selected, the detailed contents of the certificate
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