2.5. Adding a certificate to a user entry in the IdM Web UI
You can add an external certificate to a user entry in IdM Web UI.
Instead of uploading the whole certificate, it is also possible to upload certificate mapping data to a user entry in IdM. User entries containing either full certificates or certificate mapping data can be used in conjunction with corresponding certificate mapping rules to facilitate the configuration of smart card authentication for system administrators. For details, see Certificate mapping rules for configuring authentication.
If the user’s certificate has been issued by the IdM Certificate Authority, the certificate is already stored in the user entry, and you do not need to follow this procedure.
Prerequisites
- You have the certificate that you want to add to the user entry at your disposal.
Procedure
- Log into the IdM Web UI as an administrator if you want to add a certificate to another user. For adding a certificate to your own profile, you do not need the administrator’s credentials.
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Navigate to
UsersActive userssc_user. -
Find the
Certificateoption and clickAdd. On the command line, display the certificate in the
PEMformat using thecatutility or a text editor:[user@client SmartCard]$ cat testuser.crt- Copy and paste the certificate from the CLI into the window that has opened in the Web UI.
Click
Add.The
sc_userentry now contains an external certificate.