Dell PowerVault ME5 Series Storage System CLI Reference Guide

activate certificate


Description	Makes a previously added certificate active for a specific service. Certificates are specified by name. Run the show certificates command to list all certificates and view certificate names. NOTE: A valid trust chain of certificates must be present on the controller before activating a certificate. That is, a trusted root certificate must be present, linking any intermediate certificates. To determine if a root certificate is present, run show certificates with the truststore parameter. NOTE: Certificates must be uploaded to the storage system before you can activate them. Certificates must be uploaded by using the API.
Minimum role	manage
Syntax	activate certificate service web\|ldap <name>
Parameters	service web\|ldap The service that the certificate is applied to. <name> The name of the certificate to activate. Run the show certificates command to list all certificates, where you can view certificate names.
Examples	Activate a certificate named CERT_A_12345 for the web service. # activate certificate CERT_A_12345 service web
See also	create certificate-signing-request remove certificate show certificate show certificates