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Deploy the New Certificates

CA User Activity Reporting Module uses two certificates. You can replace one or both of the predefined certificates with custom certificates. To deploy new certificates, you log on to the soft appliance, stop iGateway, add the new certificates, modify the respective configuration files, and then restart iGateway.

Before you deploy new certificates, verify that:

• The Trusted Root Certificate has been added to the iTechnology iAuthority of the management server or standalone CA EEM your CA User Activity Reporting Module servers use.
• If you are replacing CAELM_AgentCert.cer with a custom certificate, the Trusted Root Certificate has been added to the iTechnology iControl of each CA User Activity Reporting Module server.
• The custom certificate's common name has been added to the AdministerObjects access policy. This refers to the custom certificate that is to replace CAELMCert.cer.

To deploy the new certificates

1. Access the host where the CA User Activity Reporting Module server is installed.
2. Use your caelmadmin credentials to log on to the CA User Activity Reporting Module server.
3. At the command prompt, switch users to root, that is:

   su - root
   

4. Change directories to /opt/CA/SharedComponents/iTechnology with the following shortcut:

   cd $IGW_LOC
   

5. Stop iGateway:

   ./S99igateway stop
   

6. To replace CAELMCert.cer:
   1. Copy the custom ApplicationNameCert.cer certificate and the ApplicationNameCert.key key file into the iTechnology directory.
   2. Open the CALM.cnf file. Replace the certificate name with the new name.
   3. Replace the existing key file name with the new key file name.
7. To replace CAELM_AgentCert.cer:
   1. Copy the custom ApplicationName_AgentCert.cer certificate and the ApplicationName_AgentCert.key key file into the iTechnology directory.
   2. Open the AgentManager.conf file. Replace the certificate name with the new name.
   3. Replace the existing key file name with the new key file name.
8. Start iGateway.

   ./S99igateway start
   

   All agents installed after this deployment automatically use the custom certificate, if CAELM_AgentCert.cer was replaced.