To use Rational® Developer
for System z® Host Connect
with custom CA certificates, you must first import the server CA certificate
into a key database file using the IBM® Key
Management tool.
Start the IBM Key Management
tool.
- Navigate to the <RDz InstalledImage>/jdk/jre/bin directory
where <RDz InstalledImage> is the location where
you have Rational Developer
for System z installed.
- Double click the file ikeyman.exe (or ikeyman if
the extensions are hidden). The IBM Key
Management tool opens.
Using the IBM Key Management
tool.
- Click Key Database File and select New....
- Select PKCS12 for the Key database
type.
- Specify a filename using p12 as the filename extension (for example, mykey.p12).
- Specify the location or use the Browse... button
to navigate to the location where you want to store the database file.
Note: Make
note of where you store this file. You need to provide this filename
and location to Host Connect
- In the Password prompt dialog, enter the
password you want to use. Re-enter the password in the Confirm
password field.
- Under Key Database Content, click the pull
down menu and select Signer Certificates.
- Click Add... to add the server certificate.
The Open dialog appears.
- Click Browse to navigate to the location
of the server CA certificate.
- Specify a label for the CA certificate.
- Click OK. The CA certificate is now added
to the key database file.
- Close the IBM Key Management
Tool.
Note: You can use any name with a .p12 extension for the Key Database
File. The Key Database File created in the previous instructions is
referred to as the CustomizedCAs.p12 file in the following instructions.
To use the CustomizedCAs.p12 file in Host Connect
- Open the Host Connect emulator.
- Click the Properties tab.
- Ensure that the SSL Enabled check box is
selected.
- Ensure that you select the security protocol for the session.
- Click the Browse button next to the CA
Certificate File field and point to the CustomizedCAs.p12
file.
- Enter the password for the CustomizedCAs.p12 file in the Personal
certificate password field.
- Select File>Save to
save the Host Connect properties
- Close the Host Connect emulator and open it again. The emulator
session restarts with the new properties.