CA Strong Authentication Administration Guide › Configuring SSL › Enable One-Way Secure Communication between CA AuthMinder Components and Database › CA AuthMinder Server and Database › On UNIX-Based Platforms

On UNIX-Based Platforms

If you want to enable SSL between CA AuthMinder and the database on UNIX platforms, then you need to edit the odbc.ini file to configure the DataDirect driver.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the following location:

   <install_location>/arcot/odbc32v70wf
   

2. Open the odbc.ini file in a file editor.
3. In the [<Database_name> Wire Protocol] section that corresponds to the database you are using, you must edit the parameters required for SSL connection as listed:

   EncryptionMethod

   Specifies the method the driver uses to encrypt data sent between the driver and the database server.

   Set this parameter to 1 to encrypt the data using SSL.

   Truststore

   Specifies the location of the trust store file, which contains a list of the valid Certificate Authorities (CAs) that are trusted by the client machine for SSL server authentication.

   TrustStorePassword

   Specifies the password required to access the trust store.

   ValidateServerCertificate

   Validates the security certificate of the server as part of the SSL authentication handshake.

   Set this parameter to 1 to validate the certificate sent by the database server.

4. Save and close the odbc.ini file.