Usage of Keystores

Note the following when using the keystores SAPSSLA.pse, SAPSSLC.pse, and SAPSSLS.pse:

• Keystore SAPSSLS.psein SECUDIR

  A SAPSSLS.pse keystore has to exist in the directory that you have defined under the SECUDIR environment variable. This is because the SAPCYPTOLIB(Librarysapcrypto.dll (Windows) orlibsapcrypto.<ext> (UNIX)) is only initialized if a keystore in the formSAPSSLS.pse exists. Therefore, check existing keystores before creating and configuring new keystores, and make sure that SAPSLLS.pse does not already exist.

• Access Sequence

  SAPCRYPTOLIB accesses existing keystores in the following sequence:

  1. SAPSSLA.pse → 2. SAPSSLC.pse → 3. SAPSSLS.pse

  If these keystores exist, you have to import your certificates to the keystores in the following order:

  1. Import the certificate to the keystore SAPSSLA.pse.

  2. Import the certificate to the keystore SAPSSLC.pse.

  3. Import the certificate to the keystore SAPSSLS.pse.

  This sequence is only valid for anonymous client authentication such as that configured between the portal Web server and the TREX preprocessor.

• Format

  For the keystore, write the part of the name that appears before the period in capitals (for example, SAPSSL.pse) and use lower case for the file extension (for example, SAPSSL.pse).

• Initializing Key Stores/Access Permissions to Key Stores/Create Active  Credentials

  After you have created a key store, you have to initialize it for use. The server must have active credentials at run-time. Therefore, to produce active credentials, you must use the configuration tool's commandseclogin to open the server's key store. It is also very important to create the credential for the user who runs the server's process. For example, for the TREX server, the user is typically<sapsid>adm (UNIX) orSAPService<SAPSID> (Windows).

  Note

  The credentials are located in the filecred_v2 in the directory specified in the environment variableSECUDIR. Make sure that only the user under which the TREX service runs has access to this file (including read access).

  On Windows, you must also give the operating system user <SAPSID>adm, which was created during the TREX installation, access permission to the key stores; otherwise it cannot access the files. You do this by entering the following command:

  • Windows:sapgenpse seclogin -p SAPS< SLS_or_NCS >.pse -O SAPService<SAPSID>
  • UNIX:sapgenpse seclogin -p SAPS< SLS_or_NCS >.pse -O <SAPSID>adm
    Note

    When you installed TREX you created a separate user for each TREX instance. This user has access to all files and directories that belong to the instance in question. The specification <instance_number> must match the number that you specified when you installed the TREX instance.

    Command	Function
    seclogin	Function of SAPGENPSE that you use to initialize a new keystore for use.
    -p SAPSSLS.pse or SAPSNCS.pse	Specify the file name of the keystore that you want to initialize.
    -O SAPService<SAPSID> or<SAPSID>adm	You use this command to give the userSAPService <SAPSID> or<SAPSID>adm access to the key store. The operating system user SAPService<SAPSID> was created during the TREX installation.

• Using SAPGENPSE to Extend Expired Certificates

  When the certificate that you have stored in a keystore expires, you can use SAPGENPSE to extend it again.

  You do this by entering the following:

  sapgenpse gen_pse -onlyreq -p sapSSLS.pse -r certreq_pse.txt

  Command	Function
  gen_pse	SAPGENPSE function that allows you to generate a certificate request for a certificate extension for a keystore that already exists in this case.
  -onlyreq	Generates a certificate request for an existing keystore.
  - p SAPSSLS.pse	You specify here the file name of the keystore that contains the certificate that you want to extend.
  -r certreq_pse.txt	Generates a certification request for your certification authority (CA).

  Send the certification request certreq_pse.txt to your CA.

  Once you have received a response from your CA in the form certresp_pse.cer, you import the extended certificate using the following SAPGENPSE command:

  sapgenpse import_own_cert -p sapSSLS.pse -c certresp_pse.cer

  Command	Function
  import_own_cert	Imports the response to a certification request from the CA.
  - p SAPSSLS.pse	You specify here the file name of the keystore that contains the certificate that you want to extend.
  -c certresp_pse.cer	File name that contains the certificate extended by your CA.