4. Fill out the form to install your certificate:

TABLE 5-3Fields for the Certificate to Install

Fields

Description

 

 

Certificate For

This server

Cryptographic

Each keystore has its own entry in this pull-down menu. Be sure to

Module

select the correct keystore name. To use the Sun Crypto Accelerator

 

4000, you must select a module with the same name you assigned

 

the keystore.

Key Pair File

This password is the username:password (TABLE 5-1).

Password

 

Certificate Name

In most cases, you can leave this blank. If you provide a name, it

 

will alter the name the web server uses to access the certificate and

 

key when running with SSL support. The default for this field is

 

Server-Cert.

 

 

5.Paste the certificate you copied from the certificate authority (in Step 8 of the “To Generate a Server Certificate” on page 95) into the Message box.

You are shown some basic information about the certificate.

6.Select the OK button at the bottom of the page.

7.If everything looks correct, select the Add Server Certificate button.

On-screen messages tell you to restart the server. This is not necessary because the web server instance has been shut down the entire time.

You are also notified that in order for the web server to use SSL, the web server must be configured to do so. Use the following procedure to configure the web server.

Configuring Sun ONE Web Server 4.1 for SSL

Now that your web server and the server certificate are installed, you must configure the web server for SSL.

To Configure the Sun ONE Web Server 4.1

1.From the main Sun ONE Web Server 4.1 Administration Server page, select the web server instance you want to work with and select Manage.

2.If the Preferences tab is not selected at the top of the page, select the Preferences tab.

3.Select the Encryption On/Off link on the left side of the page.

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4000 specifications

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