A collection certificate store is a collection of non-root,
certificate authority (CA) certificates and certificate revocation lists (CRLs).
This collections of CA certificates and CRLs are used to check the signature
of a digitally signed SOAP message. You can configure the server-side collection
certificate store by using an assembly tool.
About this task
Important: There is an important distinction between
Version 5.x and Version 6 and later applications. The information in
this article supports Version 5.x applications only that are used with WebSphere® Application
Server Version 6.0.x and later. The information does not apply to Version
6.0.x and later applications.
You can configure the collection
certificate either by using an assembly tool or by using the WebSphere Application
Server administrative console. Complete the following steps to configure the
server-side collection certificate store using an assembly tool.
Procedure
- Start an assembly tool. For more information, see the
related information on Assembly Tools.
- Switch to the Java™ Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE)
perspective. Click Window > Open Perspective > J2EE.
- Click EJB projects > application_name >
ejbModule > META-INF.
- Right-click the webservices.xml file, select Open
with > Web Services Editor.
- Click the Binding configurations tab in the Web services editor
within the assembly tool. The Web Service Binding Configuration
window is displayed.
- Select one of the Web service description binding entries under
the Port Component Binding section.
- Expand the Request receiver binding configuration details >
Certificate store list > Collection certificate store section.
- Click Add to create a new collection certificate store,
click Edit to edit an existing certificate store, or click Remove to
delete an existing certification store.
- Enter a name in the Name field. This name is
referenced in the Certificate store reference field in the Signing
info dialog.
- Leave the Provider field as IBMCertPath.
- Click Add to enter the path to your certificate store.
For example, the path might be: ${USER_INSTALL_ROOT]/etc/ws-security/samples/intca2.cer.
If you have additional certificate store paths, click Add to add the
paths.
- Click OK when you finish adding paths.