Creating and installing the skm server certificate – HP Secure Key Manager User Manual

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6.

Join the appliance to the cluster.

a.

Select the Device tab.

b.

In the Device Configuration menu, click on Cluster.

c.

In the Cluster, click on Join Cluster.

d.

In the Join Cluster section of the window, leave Local IP and Local Port set to their defaults.

e.

Type the original cluster member’s IP into Cluster Member IP.

f.

Type the original cluster member’s port into Cluster Member Port. The default value of this
port is 9001. If this value was changed in

Creating the cluster

, step 4, use that value.

g.

Click Browse and select the Cluster Key File you saved in

Creating the cluster

, step 6.

h.

Type the cluster password into Cluster Password.

i.

Click Join.

7.

After adding all members to the cluster, delete the cluster key file from the desktop.

Creating and installing the SKM Server Certificate

To create and install the SKM Server Certificate, perform the following steps on each new appliance
on the cluster:

1.

Click the Security tab.

2.

In the Certificates & CAs menu, click Certificates.

3.

Enter information required in the Create Certificate Request section of the window as shown:

a.

Fill in the Certificate Name and Common Name. The Certificate Name must match the name
used for the certificate created in

Creating the SKM server certificate

.

b.

Type your organizational information.

c.

Type the E-mail Address where you want messages to the Security Officer to go.

d.

Select the Key Size. HP recommends using the default value: 1024.

4.

Click Create Certificate Request.

5.

Click on the newly created certificate

SKM Server

from Certificate List.

6.

Copy the certificate data, from lines

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----

to

-----END

CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----

. Be careful to exclude extra carriage returns or spaces after

the data.

7.

In the Certificates & CAs menu, click Local CAs.

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