Dell PowerFlex 4.5.x Administration Guide

Extract and upload certificates

On both source and target replication systems, extract the root certificate and copy it to the peer system. This procedure is required to allow communication and data transfer between the systems.

1. In command line, log in to the source system:

   scli --login --username <M&O UI user> --password <M&O UI password> --management_system_ip <M&O UI IP>

2. Extract the root certificate:

   scli --extract_root_ca --certificate_file <FILE_PATH>

   where <FILE_PATH> is the location where the certificate will be saved, and the file name. For example: /opt/source_sys.crt
3. Copy the certificate file to the target system.
4. On the target system, perform steps 1 and 2.
5. Copy the target system's certificate file to the source system.
6. On the source system, add the certificate for the target system:

   scli --add_trusted_ca <PATH_TO_LOCAL_COPY_OF_TARGET_CERT>

   where <PATH_TO_LOCAL_COPY_OF_TARGET_CERT> is the copy of the target system's certificate that you copied to the source system.
7. On the target system, add the source system's certificate:

   scli --add_trusted_ca <PATH_TO_LOCAL_COPY_OF_SOURCE_CERT>

   where <PATH_TO_LOCAL_COPY_OF_SOURCE_CERT> is the copy of the source system's certificate that you copied to the target system.