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Context

The automatic configuration of Adobe Document Services covers basic authentication. If you want to use security-related functions such as digital signatures for PDF forms created in a Java environment, you must set up an SSL connection for the secure communication with the ADS Web service.

Procedure

  1. In the Key Storage service necessary to store client certificates for the ADS, create a view named ADSCerts.

    More information: Managing Key Storage Views .

  2. Set up SSL and configure the client certificates for the AS Java where the ADS and Web Dynpro for Java are installed. Proceed as follows

    1. Configure the use of SSL.

      More information: Configuring the Use of SSL on the AS Java (SAP Library)

    2. Configure the use of certificates for authentication.

      More information: Configuring the Use of Client Certificates for Authentication (in the SAP Library)

    3. Store the client certificates in the ADSCerts view you created in step 1.

  3. To enable a secure communication with the ADS, change the settings of the system user ADSUser (created within basic ADS configuration) from basic authentication to SSL.

    More information: Maintaining the User's Certificate Information (in the SAP Library)

  4. Configure an SSL connection between the Java version of the PDF object and the ADS.

    More information: Setting Up the SSL Connection in a Java Environment .