Setting up HTTPS communication with Output Manager

If you use a self-signed server certificate or a certificate signed by a private certificate authority for the Vista Plus Output Manager web service, you must complete steps 1 to 4.

If you use a certificate signed by a trusted root certificate authority, you can skip steps 1 to 3.

1	Obtain a server certificate for the Vista Plus web service.

2	Add the certificate to a Java KeyStore. See Importing the certificate to a Java KeyStore.

3	In the resource set in Design Center, import the certificate and set up a certificate store profile resource for the certificate. See Importing the certificate and creating a Certificate store profile resource.

4	In the resource set, set up a secure channel profile resource. See Creating a Secure channel profile resource.

Next step

•	In the resource set, set up the web service profile resource. See Setting up a web service connection profile for Output Manager.

Importing the certificate to a Java KeyStore

You must import the certificate to a Java KeyStore on the computer where you run Design Center before you can import the certificate into the resource set. To do this you need the keytool.exe file, which is part of the Java Runtime Environment.

To import the Output Manager certificate to a Java KeyStore

1	Add the path to keytool.exe to the Path system environment variable.

2	At the command prompt, move to the directory containing the Output Manager certificate file.

3	Enter the command:

keytool -importcert -file <file_name>.cer -keystore vpom.jks -alias vpom

where:

<file_name> – Is the file name of the certificate.

4	At the Enter keystore password: prompt, enter a password to protect your keystore.

5	At the Trust this certificate? prompt, enter yes

The certificate is added to the KeyStore.

Importing the certificate and creating a Certificate store profile resource

1	In Design Center, in the resource set, import the Output Manager certificate as a Certificate type resource.

2	In the resource set, add a new Certificate store profile resource.

3	Open the Certificate store profile resource.

4	Click Add and then browse to and select the Output Manager certificate resource.

5	In the Trusted authorities certificates list, double-click the certificate.

6	Enter the certificate password and click OK.

Creating a Secure channel profile resource

1	In the resource set, add a new Secure channel profile resource.

2	Open the secure channel profile resource.

3	On the Channel type list, click the protocol.

4	On the Certificate store profile list, click the certificate store profile you created in the previous step.

Next step

Create a Vista Plus Output Manager web service profile that uses HTTPS communication. See Setting up a web service connection profile for Output Manager.