Sharing Certificates not in Default State

Sharing certificates not in the default state involves some extra steps. The following conditions must be met:

  • The slave appliance must first be added using Add Devices under the Menu
  • Both servers must be able to successfully ping each other
  • Both master and slave must be running the same build
  • The user name and passwords are entered correctly in Share certificate window, and the Alias field has the slave appliance IP address.

The procedure to sharing certificates in the default state is:

Note

Note

This procedure assumes that you have added a certificate using the procedures under Add Certificates.
  1. Access the Certificate Manager.
  2. In the Appliance field, select the slave appliance.
  3. Type in the certificate password and then click View Certificates.
  4. Click the Share Appliance Certificate button.
    Note

    Note

    The Share Appliance Certificate button is only visible after adding the slave appliance with Add Devices.
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  5. Fill in the above dialog window with the following information:

    For the slave appliance:

    • The user name and password used to access the GUI
    • The appliance certificate password
    • The trusted certificate password.

    For the master appliance:

    • The appliance certificate password
    • The trusted certificate password.
    • An alias that will show up in the trusted certificates on the slave. The default is the slave appliance IP address. This field is for identification purposes. You can change it to whatever you want it to be.
  6. Click the Share button.
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  7. Click OK.
  8. On the master appliance, access the Trusted Certificate tab.
  9. In the Appliance field, select the master appliance.
  10. Type in the certificate password and then click View Certificates.
  11. Click the Import New button.
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  12. Browse to CA certificate and select it.
  13. Click OK.
  14. Restart the master appliance.
  15. On the slave appliance, access the Trusted Certificate tab and then repeat steps 9 through 13.
  16. Restart the slave appliance.
  17. Check the master appliance to see that the slave appliance is now online.
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