第 7 章 Managing the validity of certificates in IdM
In Identity Management (IdM), you can manage the validity of both already existing certificates and certificates you want to issue in the future, but the methods are different.
In IdM, the following methods of viewing the expiry date of a certificate are available:
You can manage the validity of an already existing certificate that was issued by IdM CA in the following ways:
Renew a certificate by requesting a new certificate using either the original certificate signing request (CSR) or a new CSR generated from the private key. You can request a new certificate using the following utilities:
- certmonger
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You can use
certmongerto request a service certificate. Before the certificate is due to expire,certmongerwill automatically renew the certificate, thereby ensuring a continuing validity of the service certificate. For details, see Obtaining an IdM certificate for a service using certmonger. - certutil
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You can use
certutilto renew user, host, and service certificates. For details on requesting a user certificate, see Requesting a new user certificate and exporting it to the client. - openssl
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You can use
opensslto renew user, host, and service certificates.
- Revoke a certificate.
- Restore a certificate if it has been temporarily revoked.