Configuring Client-Side Secure Socket Layer

FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Admin can also be a client on an SSL connection to a remote server, such as an LDAP server. When FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Admin connects to an SSL server as a client, FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Admin receives a certificate of authentication from the SSL server. FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Admin then checks the certificate against the set of certificates in its truststore to see if it is trusted. The default truststore is located in the JVM bundled with FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Admin at admin_install_directory/jvm/lib/security/cacerts.

If the SSL server’s certificate cannot be validated with the certificates in the default truststore, the SSL server’s certificate must be added to the FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Admin truststore before the connection can be established.