How do you send a certificate to an external Certificate Authority for signing in ACF2?
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Article ID: 186160
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ACF2ACF2 - DB2 OptionACF2 for zVMACF2 - z/OSACF2 - MISC
Issue/Introduction
How do you send a certificate to an external Certificate Authority for signing in ACF2?
Environment
Release : 16.0
Component : CA ACF2 for z/OS
Resolution
To create a new certifiacte do a GENCERT of the certificate you would like to create. From the ACF prompt enter commands: set profile(user) div(certdata) GENCERT ABC.CERT subj(subject details) label(yourlabel)
Followed by a GENREQ putting the newly created certificate into a dataset. From the ACF prompt enter command: set profile(user) div(certdata) genreq ABC.CERT DSNAME('dataset.name')
Then ftp and send the CSR to the external signer. Once the certificate is signed and placed back into a dataset. Do an insert of the same certificate from the dataset. From the ACF prompt enter command: INSERT ABC.CERT DSNAME('dataset.name')