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Configuring a Subsystem to Run Automated Jobs
566 Netscape Certificate Management System Installation and Setup Guide • October 2001
For information on adding or changing job-specific information in the
configuration file, see “Changing the Configuration by Editing the Configuration
File” on page 349.
Step 1. Before You Begin
Before configuring a Certificate Manager or Registration Manager to run jobs, be
sure to do the following:
• Read Chapter 2 , “Job Plug-in Modules” of CMS Plug-ins Guide, and determine
the jobs you want the server to run. To locate an online version of this guide,
see “Where to Go for Related Information” on page 28.
Jobs that you might want to schedule include email notifications of timed
events (such as the expiration of a certificate) that require action on the part of
users, and periodic activities such as removing expired certificates from the
publishing directory.
• Each job uses templates for formulating the notification-message and
summary-message contents. Be sure to read the “Customizing Notification
Massages” section to get familiar with the templates the server uses for
formulating notification messages. If you want to customize them, do that
before you start configuring a job plug-in; check the list of tokens to see if
they’re useful for customizing your message body.
Step 2. Modify Existing Jobs
Modifying a job involves changing the configuration parameter values of the job
instance; you cannot change the name of a job. To change the name of a job, create a
new job using the same job plug-in module (that you used to create the job you
want to rename) with the same parameter values, and delete the old one.
As a part of modifying a job, you can change its status from enabled to disabled or
vice versa by checking or unchecking the
enable
parameter. A subsystem executes
only those jobs that are enabled.
During installation, the Certificate Manager and Registration Manager
automatically create a set of jobs (that you would most likely want to use) using the
job plug-in modules registered by default. Figure 17-1 shows the jobs created for a
Certificate Manager. The Registration Manager also has a similar list. Table 17-1
summarizes the default jobs created for both Certificate Manager and Registration
Manager.