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Procedure documentationConfiguring the AS ABAP for Supporting SSL Locate this document in the navigation structure

Prerequisites

You have downloaded the SAP Cryptographic Library. For more information, see The SAP Cryptographic Library Installation Package.

Procedure

  1. Install the SAP Cryptographic Library on the application server.

  2. Set the profile parameters.

  3. Create and maintain the SSL Server PSEs as follows:

    1. Create the SSL server PSEs.

    2. Generate a certificate request for each SSL server PSE.

    3. Send the certificate requests to a CA to be signed.

    4. Import the certificate request responses into the server's SSL server PSEs.

    5. Maintain the SSL server PSE's certificate list.

  4. Creating the SSL client PSEs as follows:

    1. Repeat the procedure for the standard SSL client PSE.

    2. If you want the application server to be able to use the anonymous identity to communicate with other Web servers, then repeat the procedure for the anonymous SSL client PSE.

    3. If you want the application server to be able to use individual identities to communicate with other Web servers using SSL, then create individual SSL client PSEs.

  5. Define which SSL client PSE to use for each connection as follows:

    1. In transaction SM59, you define the HTTP destinations for the AS ABAP. In these destinations, you can specify whether SSL should be used for the connection and which SSL client PSE the server should use. See Specifying that a Connection Should Use SSL.

    2. If SSL with mutual authentication should be used for the configuration, then you must also maintain a mapping between the identity found in the client certificate used for the connection and the user ID to use for the connection. Maintain this mapping in the table USREXTID in the target system. See Maintaining the User Mapping for Incoming Connections that Use Authentication.

  6. Test the connections.