Keys and certificates

Use this page to link to key and certificate binding configuration panels. This panel defines key and certificate bindings for JAX-WS Web services only. These keys and certificates can be centrally managed by the product or in an external keystore.

You can define key and certificate bindings for message parts when you are editing a default cell or server binding. You can also configure custom bindings for tokens and message parts that are required by the policy set.

To view this administrative console page when you are editing a default cell binding, complete the following actions:
  1. Click Services > Policy sets > Default policy set bindings.
  2. Click the WS-Security policy in the Policies table.
  3. Click the Keys and certificates link in the Main message security policy bindings section.
To view this administrative console page when you are configuring custom bindings for tokens and message parts that are required by the policy set, complete the following actions:
  1. Click Applications > Enterprise applications .
  2. Select an application that contains Web services. The application must contain a service provider or a service client.
  3. Click the Service provider policy sets and bindings link or the Service client policy sets and bindings in the Web Services Properties section.
  4. Select a binding. You must have previously attached a policy set and assigned a custom binding.
  5. Click the WS-Security policy in the Policies table.
  6. Click the Keys and certificates link in the Main message security policy bindings section.
Key information – Name

Specifies the key information name. The key names listed in this field are links that are used to define key information attributes. Key information attributes define how cryptographic keys are generated or consumed.

Use the following buttons to work with this table:
Button Resulting Action
New Inbound... Creates a new inbound key information name.
New Outbound... Creates a new outbound key information name.
Delete Removes the selected key information name listing.
Key information – Type

Specifies the type of key information.

Key information – Direction

Specifies the whether the direction of the key is inbound or outbound. .

Certificate store – Name

Specifies the certificate store name. The certificate store names listed in this table are used to configure certificate stores.

Use the following actions to work with this table:
Button Resulting Action
New Inbound... Creates a new inbound certificate store.
New Outbound... Creates a new outbound certificate store.
Delete Removes the selected certificate store.
Certificate store – Direction

Specifies whether the direction of the certificate store is inbound or outbound.

Trust anchor – Name

Specifies the trust anchor name. The trust anchor names in this table are links that are used to configure trust anchor certificate stores.

You can use the following buttons to work with this table:
Button Resulting Action
New... Creates a new trust anchor entry.
Delete Removes the selected trust anchor.
Trust anchor – Keystore

Specifies the type of keystore for the trust anchor.




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SSL certificate and key management

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