PublishersChapter 15 Publishing 625PublishersPublishers allow you to specify the location where you want a particular objectpublished. In the case of publishing to a file, a publisher specifies a particularlocation in which you want to publish the files. You can publish everything to onelocation, or you can create publishers for each location you want to publish to. Inthe case of OCSP publishing, a publisher specifies a particular location in theOnline Certificate Status Manager in which you want to publish a CRL. You canpublish all CRLs to one location, or you can create publishers for each location youwant to publish to. In the case of publishing to a directory, a publisher specifies aparticular attribute in the LDAP entry that stores the published file. Publishersspecifying the standard X.500 attributes for storing objects have already beendefined. Generally, you do not need to configure Publishers for LDAP publishing.Configuring Publishers for Publishing to a FileYou need to create and configure a Publisher for each publishing location;publishers are not automatically created for publishing to a file. If you arepublishing all to one location, you can create one publisher. If you are publishing todifferent locations, you need to create a publisher for each location you will bepublishing to. Each location can either contain an object type, say one for usercertificates, one for CRLs, and one for CA certificates, or, it can contain a subset ofan object type, say west coast user certificates in one location and east coastcertificates in another location.Creating a Publisher for File PublishingTo create publishers for publishing to files:1. Log in to the CMS console for the Certificate Manager (see “Logging Into theCMS Console” on page 247).2. Select the Configuration tab.3. In the navigation tree, select Certificate Manager, select Publishing, and thenselect Publishers.The right pane displays the Publishers Management tab, which lists configuredpublisher instances.
