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Once installed, IHS includes a tool for working with SSL Certificates called IBM's Key Management Utility which IBM also refers to as GSKIT and generally referred to as iKeyman.

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Something that I have not tried yet but should work in theory. To make things easier, use the open ssl command line tools to generate the CSR. When the CA gives back the signed request, generate a P12. Make sure to also include the private key somehow. Then you should be able to import into IHS and delete the old certificate.

 

Verify Version

Most current installs should be fine. However, you should still ensure that the iKeyman packaged with IHS can start and is the minimal version for 2048 certificates. 2048 is now becoming the minimal standard for Web certificates.

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Note the location and file name of the certificate request. Change the default name, or you may end up overwriting previous other certificate requests. In this example it would be C:\opt\IBMIHS\keys\www.krypton.com-2012-03-13.arm.

Click OK.

Upon success you will see the following message,

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