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Status Submitted
Workspace IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware
Categories HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 18, 2025

RELATED IDEAS

Support automated install/update of OSA-ICC Certificates

Large environments can have dozens of ICC consoles to support out of band access to TN3270/Master Consoles. If the organization has standards/restrictions around the sharing/reuse of certificates, there's a large operational burden in renewing these certificates. I'm not even sure if importing a certificate generated off-platform is supported, but it would be good to be able to utilize the HMC API to manage the OSA-ICC certificates. This way it could be automated via an external process, like an Ansible playbook. Ideally it lets an authorized user install and activate a new PKCS12 certificate to be presented by the OSA-ICC. Optionally there are provisions for generating and retrieving a CSR via the API, and then importing the signed certificate once that has been completed.

 

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Nov 18, 2025

    This could be very useful. It would not only reduce much time spent on this process, but also in automating some steps this could mitigate risks involved in the transfer and handling of files. 

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  • Guest
    Nov 18, 2025

    I think this a great idea to help everyone in PCI environments with a mainframe! 

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