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SSL, Using MegaRAC GUI, con SSL certificate into the BMC. Using

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SSL The Secure Socket Layer protocol was created by Netscape to ensure secure transactions between web servers and browsers. The protocol uses a third party, a Certificate Authority (CA), to identify one end or both end of the transactions. Using MegaRAC GUI, configure SSL certificate into the BMC. Using this, the device can be accessed in a secured mode. To open SSL Certificate Configuration page, click Configuration > SSL from the main menu. There are three tabs in this page. • Upload SSL option is used to upload the certificate and private key file into the BMC. • After uploaded, tab function [View SSL] will show the information of PEM file uploaded. • Generate SSL option is used to generate the SSL certificate based on configuration details. • After running [Generate SSL] successfully, [View SSL] will show the information of SSL generated. • View SSL option is used to view the SSL certificate in readable format. NOTE: The way to use command lines below will generate certificate.pem and key.pem. 1. openssl genrsa -out key.pem 1024 2. openssl req -new -key key.pem -out request.pem 3. openssl x509 -req -days 30 -in request.pem -signkey key.pem -out certificate.pem more detail please refer to this link: http://panoptic.com/wiki/aolserver/How_to_generate_selfsigned_SSL_certificates 51

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SSL
The
Secure Socket Layer
protocol was created by Netscape to ensure secure
transactions between web servers and browsers. The protocol uses a third
party, a
Certificate Authority (CA)
, to identify one end or both end of the
transactions.
Using MegaRAC GUI, configure SSL certificate into the BMC. Using this,
the device can be accessed in a secured mode.
To open SSL Certificate Configuration page, click
Configuration > SSL
from the main menu. There are three tabs in this page.
Upload SSL
option is used to upload the certificate and private key file
into the BMC.
After
uploaded,
tab
function
[
View
SSL
]
will
show
the
information
of
PEM
file uploaded.
Generate SSL
option is used to generate the SSL certificate based on
configuration details.
After running [
Generate SSL
] successfully, [
View SSL
] will show the
information of SSL generated.
View SSL
option is used to view the SSL certificate in readable format.
NOTE:
The way to use command lines below will generate certificate.pem and
key.pem.
1. openssl genrsa -out key.pem 1024
2. openssl req -new -key key.pem -out request.pem
3. openssl x509 -req -days 30 -in request.pem -signkey key.pem -out certificate.pem
more detail please refer to this link:
http://panoptic.com/wiki/aolserver/How_to_generate_self-
signed_SSL_certificates