Certificate
Authority Directory Structure
File | Description |
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CERT_ROOT_DIRECTORY/CA | Directory
for the CA files. |
CERT_ROOT_DIRECTORY/CA/ca.crt | The CA
root public key in PEM format. This is used to create truststore
files or can be imported in web browsers to establish trust for
certificates signed by this CA. |
CERT_ROOT_DIRECTORY/CA/index.txt | A book
keeping file used by OpenSSL. |
CERT_ROOT_DIRECTORY/CA/index.txt.attr | A book
keeping file used by OpenSSL. |
CERT_ROOT_DIRECTORY/CA/serial | A book
keeping file used by OpenSSL. |
CERT_ROOT_DIRECTORY/CA/private/ca.key | The CA root private
key in PEM format. This is used to sign certificates. |
For example:
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File | Description |
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CERT_ROOT_DIRECTORY/certs/fta_truststore.jks | A Java
truststore file containing the public root certificate for the CA. This
is created once. |
CERT_ROOT_DIRECTORY/certs/host-fqdn.crt | The public
key for the host in PEM format. |
CERT_ROOT_DIRECTORY/certs/ host-fqdn.csr | The certificate
signing request (CSR) for host’s certificate. |
CERT_ROOT_DIRECTORY/certs/ host-fqdn.jks | The Java
keystore contain the host’s private key. |
CERT_ROOT_DIRECTORY/certs/ host-fqdn.key | The host’s
private key. |
CERT_ROOT_DIRECTORY/certs/ host-fqdn.p12 | The host’s
private key in PKCS 12 format. This file is used to create the Java
keystore. |
CERT_ROOT_DIRECTORY/certs/ host-fqdn.pem | This is the certificate
chain for the host certificate in PEM format. It is the concatenation
of the root public key for the CA and the public key for the host
certificate. |
For example:
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