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System Overview
Chapter 1 Introduction to Certificate Management System 61
In addition to the modules listed above, sample code provided with Certificate
Management System demonstrates how to support additional extensions. The
sample code is provided in the CMS Software Development Kit (SDK). For details,
see section “CMS SDK” on page 65.
For detailed information about using certificate extensions, see Appendix C,
“Certificate and CRL Extensions” of CMS Plug-ins Guide. To locate this guide, see
“Where to Go for Related Information” on page 28.
Job Plug-In Modules
The CMS Job Scheduler allows you to configure a Certificate Management System to
perform a specified action at a specified time, such as informing a user of the need
to renew a certificate or removing an expired certificate from the directory. The
scheduler checks at specified intervals for jobs waiting to be executed; if the
specified execution time has arrived, the scheduler initiates the job.
You can use standard CMS job plug-ins or write your own Java plug-in class in
much the same way that you can write your own authentication and policy
modules. Plug-in classes are provided out of the box for scheduling the following
jobs.
Table 1-5
Plug-in modules for schedulable jobs
Plug-in module name Description
RenewalNotificationJob Notifies end entities by email that their certificates are about to expire and
must be renewed. This job also sends a summary of such notices to agents.
Available for Certificate Manager only.
RequestInQueueJob Notifies agents at regular intervals of the state of the request queue.
Alternatively, an event-driven notification can be sent whenever a request
has been added to the request queue; see the next section for details.
Available for Registration Manager or Certificate Manager.
UnpublishExpiredJob Updates a specified LDAP publishing directory periodically by removing
expired certificates. This can be useful for end entities such as Netscape
Enterprise Server 3.x that rely on the presence or absence of the certificate
for authentication purposes, or if you wish to ensure that only current,
valid certificates can be found in the directory. This job also sends a
summary of removed certificates to agents or administrators. Available for
Certificate Manager only.