Getting Server SSL Certificates for Netscape ServersChapter 24 Issuing and Managing Server Certificates 805Step 5. Verify Your Server’s SSL and CA CertificatesBefore activating your server for SSL connections, you can verify whether you haveinstalled your server's SSL and CA certificates correctly.1. Open a web browser window.2. Go to the Administration Server, and use the Server Selector to access theServer Manager for your server.3. Follow the directions there to get to the area that allows you to manage yourserver’s certificates.4. Scroll to the bottom of the list to find the SSL and CA certificate chain youinstalled (identified by the nicknames you specified).If you find both of them, your server is ready for SSL configuration. If not, youmust go through the steps again to correctly install whichever certificate ismissing.Getting Certificates for Netscape Version 4.xServersFor Netscape version 4.x servers, you can use the Certificate Setup Wizardprovided by Netscape Console to get new certificates, renew existing certificates,and install certificates in the database of a server. For information about thiswizard, see Managing Servers with Netscape Console. To locate an online version ofthis book, open the /manual/index.html file.Note that there are two ways in which you can submit the certificate signingrequest to Certificate Management System:• Submit the request (which is in the form of a base-64 encoded blob) directlyfrom the wizard; in this method, you need not copy the request to a text file.• Submit the request manually by pasting the request (which is in the form of abase-64 encoded blob) in to the Certificate Manager’s server enrollment form;in this method, you need to copy the request when the wizard displays it.When the wizard generates the certificate signing request for the key size and typeyou specified, you’re presented with the opportunity to choose how you want tosubmit the request to the CA. The choices include the following:
