Setting up a keystore for the SSL certificate used by the LDAP server

Install the GSKit program and the IBM® IKeyMan utility so you can store a copy of the LDAP server's SSL certificate. On IBM i, Sametime® Community Server comes with the IKeyMan utility already installed, but you must install DCM software instead; the instructions are in this section.

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The Sametime server must store a copy of LDAP Server's SSL trusted certificate to complete the SSL handshake when making an SSL connection to that LDAP server. Before you can import the SSL certificate from the LDAP Server, you will use the GSKit program and IKeyMan utility (the DCM program on IBM i) to create a keystore file on the Sametime server for storing the certificate.

Note: You only need to install these programs once. If you have already installed these programs during an earlier procedure, you can skip this task.

The instructions for installing GSKit and IKeyMan, or DCM, vary according to your server's operating system. Use the instructions in the appropriate topic: