Overview#
This page describes the procedure to execute admin tasks.
Subsystem-specific Tasks#
Certificate System Configuration Files#
Managing System Passwords#
Changing System Passwords#
Current procedure:
Open password.conf.
Change the password.
Save the changes.
Proposed procedure:
pki-server password-mod -i
Removing System Passwords#
Current procedure:
Remove password.conf
Proposed procedure:
pki-server password-del –all
Restoring System Passwords#
Current procedure:
Create password.conf.
Add passwords listed in cms.passwordlist.
Save the changes.
Proposed procedure:
pki-server password-add –all
Basic Subsystem Management#
Starting and Stopping Server Instances#
Starting and Stopping an Server Instance#
pki-server instance-start [instance]
pki-server instance-stop [instance]
Configuring Server Instance Auto-start#
pki-server instance-enable/disable [instance]
Checking the Server Instance Status#
pki-server instance-status [instance]
Configuring Ports#
Current procedure:
Stop the subsystem instance.
Open the instance’s configuration directory.
Open the server.xml file, and edit the appropriate port numbers.
Open the web.xml file, and edit the appropriate port numbers.
Configure SELinux to work with the new port.
Restart the subsystem.
Proposed procedure:
pki-server instance-stop
pki-server instance-port-find
pki-server instance-port-mod
pki-server instance-start
Configuring the LDAP Database#
Changing the Internal Database Configuration#
Current procedure:
Log into the subsystem administrative console.
In the Configuration tab, select the Internal Database tab.
Change the Directory Server instance by changing the hostname, port, and bind DN fields.
Click Save.
Restart server.
Proposed procedure:
pki-server instance-stop
pki-server instance-config-internal-find
pki-server instance-config-internal-mod
pki-server instance-start
Enabling SSL Connection with Internal Database#
Configuring Client Certificate Authentication to Internal Database#
See Configuring Client Certificate Authentication to Internal Database.