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Configuring the Internal Database
380 Netscape Certificate Management System Installation and Setup Guide • October 2001
To fulfill these functions, Certificate Management System maintains a persistent
store—a preconfigured Netscape Directory Server—referred to as the internal
database or local database. The internal database is installed automatically as a part of
the CMS installation. It is used as an embedded database exclusively by Certificate
Management System and can be managed using Directory management tools that
come with Netscape Directory Server.
The Directory Server instance used for the internal database is different from the
LDAP-compliant directory that you use to manage your corporatewide data (users
and groups, their certificates, CRLs, and so on).
• In Netscape Console, you can distinguish an internal database instance from
other Directory Server instances. It is in this form:
<cms_instance_id>-db
<cms_instance_id>
is the ID of the CMS instance that is using the
database. You first specified this when you installed this server.
• If you check the files installed under
<server_root>
, the internal database
instance appears like this:
slapd-<cms_instance_id>-db
Keep in mind that the subsystems use the database for storing different objects. A
Certificate Manager stores all the data, certificate issuance requests, certificates,
CRLs, and related information; a Registration Manager only stores the certificate
issuance requests it receives; and a Data Recovery Manager only stores key records
and related data.
Configuring the Internal Database
Each instance of Certificate Management System uses a Netscape Directory Server
instance as its internal database. All the subsystems that were installed in a CMS
instance use the same Directory Server instance to store their data. For example, if
you installed a Certificate Manager and Data Recovery Manager together, they use
the same internal database for data storage.
CAUTION The internal database schema is preconfigured for storing CMS data
only. Do not make any changes to it or configure Certificate
Management System to use any other LDAP directory. Doing so can
result in loss of data. Also, do not attempt to use this database for
any other purpose.