Configure an external certificate for the NetBackup web server
Note:
Before enrolling the certificate for the primary server, ensure that you complete the prerequisite steps as described in the following topic.
See Workflow to use external certificates for NetBackup host communication.
By default, NetBackup uses the security certificates that the NetBackup CA has issued. If you have a certificate that an external CA has issued, you can configure the NetBackup web server to use it for secure communication.
Note:
Windows certificate store is not supported as certificate source for the NetBackup web server.
The API that you can use to configure the external certificate for the NetBackup web server: POST security/web-certificates/{certificate_id}.
If external certificate for the web server is configured using the API, the configuration process is audited.
To configure an external certificate for the web server
- Ensure that you have valid certificate, private key of the certificate, and trusted CA bundle.
- Ensure that the NetBackup Web Management Console service is up and running.
- Run the following command:
configureWebServerCerts -addExternalCert -nbHost -certPath certificate path -privateKeyPath private key path -trustStorePath CA bundle path [-passphrasePath passphrase file path]
The configureWebServerCerts command does not support use of Windows certificate store paths.
Refer to the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide for more details on the command-line options.
In a clustered setup, to avoid a failover run the following command on the active node:
install_path/netbackup/bin/bpclusterutil -freeze
If the FIPS mode is enabled on the primary server, you can use only the PEM-formatted files for the configureWebServerCerts command.
- Restart the NetBackup Web Management Console service to reflect the changes.
On UNIX, run the following commands:
install_path/netbackup/bin/nbwmc -terminate
install_path/netbackup/bin/nbwmc start
On Windows, use the Services application in the Windows Control Panel.
Location of the commands:
Windows
install_path\NetBackup\wmc\bin\install\
UNIX
install_path/wmc/bin/install
In a clustered setup, unfreeze the cluster using the following command on the active node:
install_path/netbackup/bin/bpclusterutil -unfreeze
- Restart the NetBackup Messaging Queue Broker (nbmqbroker) service as follows:
On Windows:
Go to the Services application in the Windows Control Panel and manually restart the NetBackup Messaging Queue Broker service.
On UNIX:
Run the following command:
nbmqbroker stop; nbmqbroker start
- Verify that you can access the NetBackup web user interface using a browser, without a certificate warning message.