Step 1: Obtain a signed certificate

Two options are available for obtaining a signed certificate:

• Use a commercial root certificate authority (CA) such as Comodo, DigiCert, etc. This option can be more expensive but the process is simpler. Also, the client applications will trust these certificates without requiring additional configuration.
• Be your own root CA. This option is free but requires additional work and configuration.

This section provides the procedures for obtaining a signed certificate using these two options. At the end of the procedure, you will have the following files:

• textml_cert_privatekey.pem: Private key generated when doing the certificate signing request. You will need to install this key on the TEXTML Server (in Step 2: Install a signed certificate on IXIA TEXTML Server).
• textml_signed_cert.pem: Signed CA certificate for the IXIA TEXTML Server. You will need to install this signed certificate on the TEXTML Server (in Step 2: Install a signed certificate on IXIA TEXTML Server).
• textml_root_cert.pem: CA root certificate of the TEXTML Server. You will need to install the certificate on the IXIA CCMS Desktop (in Step 3: Configure the components to use the SSL certificate). Applies to self-signed certificates only.

The following diagram shows the files that get generated by each procedure and where they need to be installed: