Table Of Contents
Managing CA Pools
Viewing CA Pools
Assigning CA Pools to Proxy Services
Adding CA Pools
Editing CA Pools
Deleting CA Pools
How Do I...
How do I add a new CA Pool?
Managing CA Pools
Certification authorities (CAs) are responsible for managing certificate requests and issuing digital certificates. A digital certificate contains information, such as a name, serial number, company, department, or IP address, that identifies a user or device. A digital certificate also contains a copy of the entity's public key. A CA can be a trusted third party, such as VeriSign, or a private (in-house) CA that you establish within your organization.
CVDM-SSLSM allows you to create trusted CA pools, which lists the CAs that the module can trust. You can select Trustpoints and create pools and assign a CA pool to one or more proxy services.
The following topics are described in this section:
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Viewing CA Pools
• Editing CA Pools
• Adding CA Pools
• Deleting CA Pools
• Assigning CA Pools to Proxy Services
Viewing CA Pools
You can view information on all CA Pools configured on SSLSM.
To view CA Pools:
Step 1 Click Setup at the top of the window, click PKI in the left-most pane, and select Trustpoints > CA Pools from the object selector. The CA Pools page appears.
This page displays the following fields:
Field
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Description
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Name
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Name of the CA Pool.
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Number of Trustpoints
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Number of Trustpoints in the Pool.
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Number of Proxy Services (Use Count)
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Number of Proxy Services using the CA Pool.
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Status
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Status of the CA Pool.
A  icon indicates that all certificates in the CA Pool are valid. A  icon indicates that some certificates in the CA Pool are invalid. A  icon indicates that all certificates in the CA Pool are invalid.
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Step 2 Select a CA Pool from the table; the following details are displayed:
Field
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Description
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Trustpoint Name
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The name of the associated Trustpoint.
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Status
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The status of the associated Trustpoint.
A  icon indicates that the certificate is valid. A  icon indicates that the certificate invalid.
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CA Name
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The name of the certification authority associated with the Trustpoint.
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Associated Proxy Services
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Service Name
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Name of service.
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Client Side (Virtual)
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Virtual IP address and port of the proxy service.
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To assign CA Pools to proxy services, select a CA Pool, then click Assign to Proxy Services....
To add a new CA Pool, click Add....
To edit a CA Pool, select a CA Pool, then click Edit... .
To delete a CA Pool, select a CA Pool, then click Delete.
Related Topics
• Assigning CA Pools to Proxy Services
• Adding CA Pools
• Editing CA Pools
• Deleting CA Pools
Assigning CA Pools to Proxy Services
You can select proxy services and assign a CA Pool to the selected proxy service.
To assign CA Pools to proxy services:
Step 1 Click Setup at the top of the window, click PKI in the left-most pane, and select Trustpoints > CA Pools from the object selector. The CA Pools page appears.
Step 2 Select a CA Pool, then click Assign to Proxy Services... . The Assign CA Pool to Proxy Services dialog box appears.
The following fields appear:
Field
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Description
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Pool Name
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Name of the CA Pool.
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Proxy Service Name
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Name of the Proxy Service.
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Client Side (Virtual)
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IP address and port of the proxy service.
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Selected Proxy Services
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The list of selected proxy services.
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Step 3 Select a Proxy Service name from the list, and click Add>> to assign the CA Pool to the service. Use << Remove to remove the CA pool from the list of services. Use Clear All to remove all the pools from the service.
Step 4 Click OK to complete assigning the CA pool to the selected Proxy Services.
Related Topics
• Adding CA Pools
• Editing CA Pools
• Deleting CA Pools
Adding CA Pools
You can add new CA Pools and add Trustpoints to the CA pools.
To add CA Pools:
Step 1 Click Setup at the top of the window, click PKI in the left-most pane, and select Trustpoints > CA Pools from the object selector. The CA Pools page appears.
Step 2 Click Add... . The Add CA Pool dialog box appears.
The following fields appear:
Field
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Description
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Pool Name
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Name of the CA Pool.
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Trustpoint Name
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Name of the Trustpoint.
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CA Name
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Name of Trust CA Pool.
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Pool Members
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Members in the select CA Pool.
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Step 3 Enter a Pool Name.
Step 4 Select a Trustpoint name from the list, and click Add>> to add the Trustpoint to the CA Pool. Use << Remove to remove the trustpoint name from the pool. Use Clear All to remove all the members of the pool.
Step 5 Click OK to complete adding the CA Pool.
Related Topics
• Assigning CA Pools to Proxy Services
• Editing CA Pools
• Deleting CA Pools
Editing CA Pools
Step 1 Click Setup at the top of the window, click PKI in the left-most pane, and select Trustpoints > CA Pools from the object selector. The CA Pools page appears.
Step 2 Select a CA Pool from the table, and Click Edit... . The Edit CA Pool dialog box appears.
The following fields appear:
Field
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Description
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Pool Name
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Name of the CA Pool.
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Trustpoint Name
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Name of the Trustpoint.
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CA Name
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Name of Trust CA Pool.
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Pool Members
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Members in the select CA Pool.
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Step 3 Select a Trustpoint name from the availabel Trustpoints, and click Add>> to add the Trustpoint to the CA Pool. Use << Remove to remove the trustpoint name from the pool members. Use Clear All to remove all the members of the pool.
Step 4 Click OK to complete editing the CA Pool.
Related Topics
• Assigning CA Pools to Proxy Services
• Adding CA Pools
• Deleting CA Pools
Deleting CA Pools
To delete CA Pools:
Step 1 Click Setup at the top of the window, click PKI in the left-most pane, and select Trustpoints > CA Pools from the object selector. The CA Pools page appears.
Step 2 Select a CA Pool from the table, and click Delete.
Step 3 Confirm delete action. A warning message appears if the selected CA Pool is associated with any Proxy Service.
Related Topics
• Assigning CA Pools to Proxy Services
• Adding CA Pools
• Editing CA Pools
How Do I...
This section describes on how to achieve a task. The following question is answered:
• How do I add a new CA Pool?
How do I add a new CA Pool?
Step 1 Click Setup at the top of the window, click PKI in the left-most pane, and select Trustpoints > CA Pools from the object selector. The CA Pools page appears.
Step 2 Click Add... . The Add CA Pool dialog box appears.
Step 3 Enter a Pool Name.
Step 4 Select a Trustpoint name from the list, and click Add >> to add the Trustpoint to the CA Pool. Use << Remove to remove the trustpoint name from the pool. Use Clear All to remove all the members of the pool.
Step 5 Click OK to complete adding the CA Pool.
Related Topics
• Assigning CA Pools to Proxy Services
