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Record Certificate Details

Prepare the following attribute values to use for the local CA certificate and the server or client certificates.

For attribute descriptions, see the IBM Digital Certificate Manager documentation.

Gather the following attribute values for the local CA certificate:

Attribute	Example
CA distinguished name	For example, i5v7r2_CA
Organization unit	-
Organization name	-
Locality or city	-
State or province	-
Country or region	-
Key algorithm	For example, RSA
Key size	For example, 2048
Hash algorithm	For example, SHA-512
Issue certificates for client authentication?	Yes
Days until the certificate authority expires	For example, 365

Gather the following attribute values for the server or client certificate:

Attribute	Example
Organization unit	-
Organization name	-
Locality or city	-
State or province	-
Country or region	-
Key algorithm	For example, RSA
Key size	For example, 2048
Hash algorithm	For example, SHA-512
Days until the certificate expires	For example, 365
Certificate store path and filename	For example: /home/MYUSER/certificates/MYUSER_server.kdb This value is used in the PowerExchange DBMOVER SSL statement CERTIFICATE_LOCATION parameter.
Certificate label	This value is used in the PowerExchange DBMOVER SSL statement KEY_LABEL parameter.
Certificate store password	This value is case-sensitive and is used after encryption in the PowerExchange DBMOVER SSL statement EPASS parameter.