Administration Guide › Configuring the SPS Server Settings › General Server Settings in the server.conf File › SSL Settings in the server.conf File › Client Certificate Authentication › Prerequisites

Prerequisites

Before you configure the SPS to enable client certificate authentication, verify that the following tasks are complete:

• Client certificate authentication is enabled on the web server you want to direct user requests.
• A client certificate is generated for the SPS in a pkcs8 standard using the openssl.exe utility that is installed during the SPS installation.
• If an existing client certificate is used, it is converted into the pkcs8 DER format.
• The public certificate and the root certificates of the SPS client certificate are at <SPS_Installation_Path>\SSL\Clientcert\certs.
• The public certificate of the configured web server is placed at <SPS_Installation_Path>\SSL\certs\ca-bundle.cert.
• The public certificate of the SPS client certificate is placed in the trusted store of the configured web server.