Re: Installing replacement certs

Brad Stone <[email protected]> Sun, 7 May 2023 15:34:36 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.systems.as400.web
Message-ID <CAAGV8Of+Jabau4+6Z8gACEAGT6d06Mn6WCjMe8X6L6_cP47WLA@mail.gmail.com>
Let me clarify.

1.  Export CAs from your certificate.
2.  Import those CAs into the *SYSTEM store using DCM
3.  Import the certificate.

Just like I said the first time:

>>> Once you have the cert, import it and assign it to your application.
>>>
>>> You may need to also import a CA or two from the new cert if they're not
>>> there yet.


On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 3:33 PM Brad Stone <[email protected]> wrote:

> You export the CAs from your certificate.  Import them from the highest to
> lowest, then import the CA.  you can't do bundles, correct. That's why you
> export the CAs one at a time from the certificate.
>
>
>
> On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 2:27 PM Jon Paris <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> There's no mention of a "bundle" there Brad that I can see and it talks
>> to exporting when I need to import the CAs.
>>
>> I ended up going back into my notes and finally found what I needed.  For
>> the sake of anyone who picks up this thread in future ...
>>
>>
>> The IBM DCM won't handle bundles. No idea why.  You have to open the
>> bundle in a text editor and save off the individual certs contained within
>> it. In my case two files.
>>
>> You then have to import them in the order of precedence.  In my case the
>> second one had to be imported first, then the first in the bundle. Don't
>> know if that is standard. Once both had been imported I could import my own
>> cert and it all worked.
>>
>> I realized that I had had part of this discussion last year on Midrange
>> and between what you said and the comments of the time plus my own notes it
>> all came together.
>>
>>
>> Sigh ... I long for the day when all this can really be better
>> automated.  Or at least that a few of the cert issuers included IBM i in
>> their instructions.
>>
>> Thanks to all - hopefully I'll remember all this next year!
>>
>>
>> Jon P.
>>
>>
>>
>> > On May 7, 2023, at 2:20 PM, Brad Stone <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > No, Jon.  It's all there.
>> >
>> >
>> https://docs.bvstools.com/home/ssl-documentation/exporting-certificate-authorities-cas-from-a-website#exporting
>> >
>> > Go to the section labeled "*Exporting Each Separate CA"*
>> >
>> > On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 12:08 PM Jon Paris <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Thanks Brad but it doesn't really help.
>> >>
>> >> I had already done everything up to and including the import.  But the
>> >> import will not complete because of missing CAs.  I _thought_ they
>> were in
>> >> the .bundle file but I can find zero information on how to handle that
>> file
>> >> or indeed get the CAs any other way.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Jon P.
>> >>
>> >>> On May 6, 2023, at 5:02 PM, Brad Stone <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Have DCM create the CSR.
>> >>>
>> >>> Copy and paste the CSR into the site you're getting the certificate
>> from.
>> >>>
>> >>> Once you have the cert, import it and assign it to your application.
>> >>>
>> >>> You may need to also import a CA or two from the new cert if they're
>> not
>> >>> there yet.
>> >>>
>> >>> I have info here:
>> >>> https://docs.bvstools.com/home/ssl-documentation
>> >>>
>> >>> Article on this (needs to be updated to new DCM):
>> >>>
>> >>
>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VxLX1ku7whPVIyetQLqpAYKE_VUFm4D_/view?usp=sharing
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sat, May 6, 2023 at 11:17 AM Jon Paris <[email protected]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> I thought I had written all this down but ...
>> >>>>
>> >>>> My main cert is expiring in a couple of weeks so I set everything up
>> and
>> >>>> ordered the new certs. So far so good.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I have the .crt uploaded but cannot for the life of me remember how
>> to
>> >>>> deploy the bundle so that I can activate the cert.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I have searched all over the IBM docs but cannot find anything
>> useful.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I am using the new DCM which while much better than the old one is
>> not
>> >>>> exactly intuitive.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Can someone point me to some simple documentation to take me through
>> >> this.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Jon P.
>> >>>>
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