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.

  1. Select a CA profile.

  2. 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:

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

  2. 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
 
10 

Configure the required parameters in the Action panel.


11 

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


12 

Click Apply to perform the action.


13 

Go to Step 26 .


Key Update
 
14 

Configure the required parameters in the Action panel.


15 

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


16 

Click Apply to perform the action.


17 

Go to Step 26 .


Poll
 
18 

Click Apply to send the poll request.


19 

Go to Step 26 .


Clear Request
 
20 

Click Apply to send the clear request.


21 

Go to Step 26 .


Abort Request
 
22 

Click Apply to send the abort request.


23 

Go to Step 26 .


Manually Update CRL files
 
24 

Configure the Certificate Authority Profile parameter.


25 

Click on the Execute button to send the update request.


26 

Close the open forms.

End of steps