Associating a Secure Sockets Layer configuration dynamically with an outbound protocol and remote secure endpoint

After you create a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) configuration, you must associate a secure outbound management scope with the new configuration. In this release, you can associate one SSL configuration with one remote secure endpoint and a different SSL configuration to another remote secure endpoint. Both endpoints can use the same outbound protocol, if appropriate. This task describes how to create the association dynamically. Dynamic outbound selection requires that you provide only the outbound protocol name, the target host, and the target port so that WebSphere Application Server can make a connection between the SSL configuration and the outbound protocol or remote secure endpoint. The dynamic outbound selection method takes precedence over other selection methods, such as central management and direct selection, but is second to the programmatic method, that is, setting an SSL configuration on the running thread. For more information about the selection types and precedence rules, see Secure communications using Secure Sockets Layer.

Overview

Procedure

1. Click Security > SSL certificate and key management > Manage endpoint security configurations > Outbound.

2. Select the management scope that you want to associate with an SSL configuration on the topology tree.

3. Under Related Items, click Dynamic outbound endpoint SSL configurations. The default dynamic outbound configuration name, the target protocol, host, and port connection information, and the SSL configuration name display.

4. Click New to create a new dynamic outbound configuration.

5. Type a dynamic outbound configuration name. Use a name that is descriptive of the purpose of the dynamic selection configuration.

6. Optionally, type a dynamic selection configuration description.

7. Type the connection information that you want to associate with the configuration that is displayed in the SSL configuration drop-down list. The connection information must be in the format protocol name, target host, target port. You can substitute an asterisk (*) for any value, as in the following examples:

   • *,*,443

   • *,www.ibm.com,443

   • HTTP,.austin.ibm.com,*

   where 443 is a port, www.ibm.com is a host, HTTP is a protocol, and .austin.ibm.com is a target host. You can add multiple connections, but each additional connection can affect outbound performance.

8. Click Add to add the new connection to the set of SSL configuration connections. To remove a connection, select it and click Remove.

9. Select an SSL configuration from the list.

10. Click Get certificate aliases to refresh the certificate aliases that are contained in the associated key store.

11. Choose a certificate alias from the list.

12. Click OK and Save.

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