Hello, all. I think I must be sorely misinterpreting the documentation for creating a ca node. I initialized the database when I created the CA. Now that I have fully initialized the CA and the initial RA administrator and RA, I moved onto the next section of the documentation, viz., 2. Node Initialization.
It reads: "After you setup an offline CA you usually wants to setup one or more online servers to publish certificates and CRL, receive requests and offers a lot of other services to your customers. To do so you have to install the necessary components plus a so called node interface. This node interface is used to manage the communication in the PKI hierarchy between the different servers and to manage the server itself. If you initialize such an online component then you have to use this node interface." That makes perfect sense but then it says: After you logged in you have to go to and then to . First you should initialize the database and then you have to import the configuration from the CA or any other server which is at a higher position of the PKI's hierarchy. The last step also creates things like a working certificate chain. I went to the node administration menu and clicked on Show SQL statements for database initialization It looks like it would wipe out the database I already created. Is one really supposed to initialize the database again or am I misinterpreting the documentation? Thanks - John -- John A. Sullivan III Open Source Development Corporation +1 207-985-7880 [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you would like to participate in the development of an open source enterprise class network security management system, please visit http://iscs.sourceforge.net ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click _______________________________________________ Openca-Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openca-users
