How do I perform CMPv2 actions?

Purpose

CMP is a protocol that runs between a Certification Authority, or CA, and an end entity to provide certificate management functions over HTTP.

Steps

Choose Administration→Security→NE PKI Authentication→Site Public Key Infrastructure from the NFM-P main menu. The Select Site form opens.

Choose an NE in the list and click OK. The Site Security Public Key Infrastructure (Edit) form opens.

Click Admin Certificate and choose Perform CMPv2 Actions. The Admin Certificate form opens.

Perform one of the following to configure the CA Profile Name parameter.

Select a CA profile.
Enter the profile name.

CMPv2 actions

Select a CMPv2 action from the drop-down menu beside the Type parameter in the Action panel. The following table lists the available CMPv2 actions. You can view the status of the last CMPv2 action performed on this site in the Last Action Status panel.

Table 10-1: CMPv2 actions

Action	See step
Initial Registration	Step 6
Certificate Request	Step 10
Key Update	Step 14
Poll	Step 18
Clear Request	Step 20
Abort Request	Step 22
Manually Update CRL files	Step 24

Initial Registration

Configure the required parameters in the Action panel.

Perform one of the following:

To perform an initial registration using a password, configure the required parameters in the Protection Algorithm - using Password panel.
To perform an initial registration using a certificate, configure the required parameters in the Protection Algorithm - using Certificate panel.

Click Apply to perform the action.

Go to Step 26 .

Certificate Request

Configure the required parameters in the Action panel.

Configure the required parameters in the Protection Algorithm - using Certificate panel.

Click Apply to perform the action.

Go to Step 26 .

Key Update

Configure the required parameters in the Action panel.

Configure the required parameters in the Protection Algorithm - using Certificate panel.

Click Apply to perform the action.

Go to Step 26 .

Poll

Click Apply to send the poll request.

Go to Step 26 .

Clear Request

Click Apply to send the clear request.

Go to Step 26 .

Abort Request

Click Apply to send the abort request.

Go to Step 26 .

Manually Update CRL files

Configure the Certificate Authority Profile parameter.

Click on the Execute button to send the update request.

Close the open forms.

End of steps