Dell PowerProtect DD Management Center (DDMC) 7.9 Installation and Administration Guide

Managing certificates

Certificates are managed by importing CA root and CA intermediate files through the GUI.

CA files provide the following:

Allows only https application for imported host type.
Imported host type allows file type to import a PKCS 12 file (. p12), a signed public file (. pem ) or use certificate text.
Can upload a PKCS 12 file (.p12) or a signed public file (. pem ) for imported host type.
Imported p12 file require password.
User has the option to generate a certificate signing request when select . pem file type option for imported host type.
User can paste certificate content into the certificate text area as import certificate.

CA intermediate files provide the following:

Allows only trusted CA application for imported CA type.
Imported CA type allows file type to import a signed public file (. pem ) or use certificate text.

To import CA Root, enter the following command in Windows or Linux CLI:

ssh sysadmin@DDMC adminaccess certificate import ca application
login-auth < rootCA.crt

To import the intermediate CA files, enter the following command in the CLI:

ssh sysadmin@DDMC adminaccess certificate import ca application
login-auth < intermediateCA.crt