Certificates for SSL

This procedure describes how to create and configure your own certificates. Perform a similar procedure for every Unica you configure to use SSL. If you are configuring the Unica Campaign + Engage integration, see the Unica Campaign and Engage Integration Guide for IBM Marketing Cloud.

You can obtain or create certificates in several ways. You can create self-signed certificates or you can obtain certificates from a certificate authority (CA).

Self-signed certificates

You can create self-signed certificates.

For C++ components acting as a server, use openSSL to create a .pem certificate. The Campaign listener implements SSL using the HCL openSSL library. The openSSL is installed with Campaign and it includes a command-line program called openSSL that can create a certificate file.

For Java components acting as a server, use Java keytool to create a JKS certificate.

Certificates from the certificate authority

You can obtain certificates from a certificate authority (CA).

You can use the openSSL to create requests that you can then send to a CA to createsigned certificates. Or, you can obtain signed certificates entirely provided by the CA.

Consult your certificate authority documentation for instructions on how to obtain a signed certificate.