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Configuring a CA Profile with a Configuration Editor

The CA profile contains the name and the URL of the CA as well as a public key and additional information. The sample configuration in Table 41 configures a CA profile ca-profile-ipsec.

To configure a CA profile:

  1. Navigate to the top of the configuration hierarchy in either the J-Web or CLI configuration editor..
  2. Perform the tasks described in Table 41.
  3. Go on to Requesting a CA Certificate from a CA.

Table 41: Configuring a CA Profile

Task

J-Web Configuration Editor

CLI Configuration Editor

Navigate to the Security>Pki level in the configuration hierarchy.

  1. In the J-Web interface, select Configuration>View and Edit>Edit Configuration.
  2. Next to Security, click Configure or Edit.
  3. Next to Pki, select the check box, and click Configure.

From the [edit] hierarchy level, enter

edit security pki

Add a new CA profile to the Services Router.

  1. Next to Ca profile, click Add new entry.

Enter

set ca-profile ca-profile-ipsec ca-identity verisign

Configure the profile name and the CA authority identification—for example, ca-profile-ipsec and versign.

  1. In the Ca profile name box, type ca-profile-ipsec.
  2. In the Ca identity box, type verisign.

Configure the following enrollment options:

  • Enrollment retry—Number of attempts at online enrollment with the CA profile to allow for a router certificate, if enrollment fails—for example, 10. The range is from 0 through 100 attempts.
  • Enrollment retry-interval—Length of time, in seconds, to allow between enrollment attempts—for example, 60. The range is from 0 through 3600 seconds.
  • Enrollment URL—URL where the Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP) request is sent to the certification authority configured in this profile—for example, http://pilotonsiteipsec.verisign.com/cgi-bin/pkiclient.exe.
  1. Next to Enrollment, click Configure.
  2. In the Retry box, type 10.
  3. In the Retry interval box, type 60.
  4. In the Url box, type http://pilotonsiteipsec.verisign.com/cgi-bin/pkiclient.exe.
  5. Click OK until you return to the main Configuration page.

Enter

set ca-profile ca-profile-ipsec enrollment retry 10 retry-interval 60 url http://pilotonsiteipsec.verisign.com/cgi-bin/pkiclient.exe


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