Polycom 7000 User Manual
System Security
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2 If you’re using a certificate authority that isn’t listed, obtain a copy of your certificate authority’s
public certificate.
The certificate must be either a single X.509 certificate or a PKCS#7 certificate chain. If it’s ASCII
The certificate must be either a single X.509 certificate or a PKCS#7 certificate chain. If it’s ASCII
text, it’s in PEM format, and starts with the text -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----. If it’s a file, it
can be either PEM or DER encoded.
3 In the Actions list, select Add Certificates.
4 In the Add Certificates dialog, do one of the following:
4 In the Add Certificates dialog, do one of the following:
If you have a file, click Upload certificate, enter the password (if any) for the file, and browse to
the file or enter the path and file name.
If you have PEM-format text, copy the certificate text, click Paste certificate, and paste it into the
text box below.
5 Click OK.
6 Verify that the certificate appears in the list as a Trusted Root CA.
7 Click Restart to Apply Saved Changes, and when asked to confirm that you want to restart the
6 Verify that the certificate appears in the list as a Trusted Root CA.
7 Click Restart to Apply Saved Changes, and when asked to confirm that you want to restart the
system so that certificate changes can take effect, click OK.
See also:
Create a Certificate Signing Request in the RealPresence DMA System
The procedure below creates a certificate signing request (CSR) that you can submit to your chosen
certificate authority. This method uses the private key generated at software installation time.
certificate authority. This method uses the private key generated at software installation time.
To create a certificate signing request
1 Go to Admin > Local Cluster > Certificates.
By default, the system is configured to use a self-signed certificate.
2 To see details of the public certificate currently being used to identify the system to other computers:
a In the list, select the Server SSL certificate.
b In the Actions list, select Display Details.
b In the Actions list, select Display Details.
The Certificate Details dialog appears. If this is the default self-signed certificate, Organizational
Unit is Self Signed Certificate.
c To close the dialog, click OK.
3 In the Actions list, select Create Certificate Signing Request.
If you’ve created a signing request before, you’re asked if you want to use your existing certificate
request or generate a new one. Elect to generate a new one.
4 In the Certificate Information dialog, enter the identifying information for your Polycom
RealPresence DMA system (see
) and click OK.
The Certificate Signing Request dialog displays the encoded request (see
).