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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories RACF
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 4, 2023

RELATED IDEAS

racf define replace

Make it easier to maintain certificates

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 25, 2023
    This item is unlikely to be given high enough priority to be placed into the product plan.
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 13, 2023

    The original comments I added seem to have disappeared,,,, so I'll re enter them.

    Replacing a certificate on z/OS with RACF is not easier.

    If I want to replace a certificate I have to

    • delete it

    • recreate it

    • add it to the keyrings.

    A "REPLACE" option which does all of the above would solve these problems, and make it trivial to replace a certificate.

    _______________

    There is a rollover capabiliy which partly solves this.
    I still have to delete and redefine the certificate, the rollover replaces one certificate with another.

    This works fine - but the final step of deleting the original certificate is non trivial.

    I also have to create a new certificate label.

    I had to have the rollover in one JOB step, and the delete certificate in another job step, with conditional JCL processing to say if the return from the jobstep with the ROLLOVER is 0 - then execute the job step with the delete certificate, else do not delete the certicate.

    _________________

    When trying to document a product install which includes certificates, the documentatation is non trivial.

    For example

    "If you have already created the certificate then... "

    ____________________

    With all these having gencert... REPLACE would make most of the problems go away.



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