Importing a trusted root certificate

To enable SSL between IBM® Sametime® and an LDAP server, import the server's trusted root certificate into the trust store.

About this task

Follow these steps to import the SSL certificate into the trust store on the Sametime server:

Procedure

1. Start the iKeyMan utility.

   For instructions about starting the iKeyMan utility, see the topic Using iKeyMan to manage certificates for TLS.

2. Open the trust store file.
3. Switch to Signer Certificates.
4. Click Add.
5. In the "Open" dialog box, do the following:
   1. Browse to and select the file into which you copied the SSL certificate in the last procedure (for example, CA.txt).
   2. Click OK.
6. In the "Enter a Label" dialog box, do the following:
   1. Type a label for the certificate.

      This label identifies the certificate in the Signer Certificates list of the IBM IKeyMan program.

   2. Click OK.

      The new certificate's label appears in the list of Signer Certificates.

7. Close the trust store file.
8. Close the IKeyMan utility.