How to Install an SSL Certificate on IBM HTTP Web Server

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Steps to install an SSL Certificate on an IBM HTTP Web server

Once you receive the SSL certificate files from your Certificate Authority (CA), extract/save them on to your server directory. Your certificate authority will provide you with the Primary, Intermediate and Root Certificate files.

For successful SSL Certificate installation on an IBM HTTP Server, first you need to install the Intermediate & Root Certificate files and then your primary SSL Certificate.

Root & Intermediate Certificate Installation

  • Open command prompt and enter IKEYMAN if you are using UNIX platform. If you are using Windows then open Start Key Management Utility from the IBM folder.
  • Here you can select the Key Database file and open it.
  • Now select your key database (*.kbd) & press OK and then enter the password & press OK.
  • In the Key Database Content section, click on Singer Certificates and press Add button.
  • Here you will find the location of your Root & Intermediate certificate and then you can add them one by one.
  • Press the OK button.

Your Root and Intermediate Certificates are installed on your IBM HTTP server.

Note: If you didn’t create the key database you can create it here.

 

Primary Certificate Installation

 

  • In key Database Content, select Personal Certificate and click on the Receive button.
  • Receive Certificate from a file window will be appear.
  • Here, in Data type, keep the default value as ‘Base64-encoded ASCII data’ and move to next step
  • In location, browse the location of your primary certificate file (yourcertificate.crt) and click on ok button.

Your SSL Certificate is now installed on your IBM HTTP Server. Woohoo!

 

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