Netscape Certificate Management System 6.2, Administrator'S Manual

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Installation and Configuration Overview
72 Netscape Certificate Management System Administrator’s Guide • June 2003
One of your deployment decisions is which subsystems you will install, how many
of each type of subsystem you will configure, and on which hosts they will be
installed. Once you decide this, you install CMS on each host you will be using,
install each subsystem that will be run on that host, and then configure each of the
subsystems on each host.
Installation and Configuration Process
The following outlines the process for installing, setting up, and configuring CMS:
1.
Run the installation program to install Administration Server, Directory
Server, and CMS on each host system that will be part of your deployment. See
“Installing CMS” on page 79 for complete instructions on installing CMS.
2.
Configure each subsystem that will be running on each host. CMS provides an
installation wizard for configuring an instance of each of the subsystems.
Complete instructions for configuring each of the subsystems can be found at
the following locations:
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“Installing a Certificate Manager as a Root CA,” on page 94
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“Installing a Certificate Manager as a Subordinate CA,” on page 99
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“Installing a Registration Manager,” on page 137
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“Installing an Online Certificate Status Manager,” on page 174
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“Installing a Standalone Data Recovery Manager,” on page 213
3.
Get the first agent certificate for the subsystem. See “Agent Certificates,” on
page 335” for complete instructions.
4.
Configure the instance for the particular needs of your PKI. For complete
details on configuring each of the subsystems, see the chapter that describes
that subsystem:
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Chapter 3, “Certificate Manager”
❍
Chapter 4, “Registration Manager”
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Chapter 5, “OCSP Responder”
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Chapter 6, “Data Recovery Manager”