Configuring an external certificate for a clustered primary server
Use this section to configure an external CA-signed certificate for a clustered primary server. The enrolled certificate is used for host communication.
Ensure that the NetBackup domain is enabled to use external CA-signed certificates by configuring the NetBackup web server.
See Configure an external certificate for the NetBackup web server.
Ensure that external certificates for the NetBackup web server and the virtual name are issued by the same certificate authority.
If the two certificate authorities do not match, communication between the NetBackup Administration Console and the NetBackup Web Management Console service (nbwmc service) fails.
To enroll an external certificate for a clustered primary server
- Update the NetBackup configuration file that is present on the shared disk (
nbcl.conf) with the external certificate configuration options.See Configuration options for external CA-signed certificates for a virtual name.
Use the nbsetconfig command to configure the following options:
CLUSTER_ECA_CERT_PATH
CLUSTER_ECA_TRUST_STORE_PATH
CLUSTER_ECA_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH
CLUSTER_ECA_KEY_PASSPHRASEFILE (optional)
You need to configure the certificate revocation list (CRL) configuration options for each node.
- Run the following command on the primary server:
nbcertcmd -enrollCertificate -cluster
The enrolled certificate is used for communication between the active node and the primary server domain that is listed in the SERVER configuration option on the host.
For more details on the command, refer to the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.
- Configure an external certificate on each cluster node.