How to install a SSL Certificate for Lotus Domino 6.0 - 8.0


Step 1: Obtain and Install the Intermediate CA Certificate

  • Copy the Intermediate CA certificate from your Secure128 portal under “Order Details”.
  • Be sure there are 5 dashes to either side of the BEGIN CERTIFICATE and END CERTIFICATE and that no white spaces, extra line breaks or additional characters have been inadvertently added.
  • From the Lotus Notes client, open the Server Certificate Admin application
  • Click Install Trusted Root Certificate into Key Ring
  • Enter the name of the key ring file that will store this certificate. You specified this name when you created the CSR
  • Import your Trusted Root Certificate (TrustedRoot.txt). You may see a message that your root certificate is already installed. If this happens, just continue to the next step.
  • Click Merge Trusted Root Certificate into Key Ring
  • Enter the password for the key ring file, and then click OK
  • Once again, choose the option to "Install Trusted Root Certificate into Key Ring".
  • You should now install your Intermediate Certificate files
  • Repeat the above steps to install the previously saved as intermediate.txt
  • Enter the password for the key ring file, and then click OK

Step 2: Obtain and Install your SSL Certificate

  • The SSL certificate will be sent by email. The certificate is included as an attachment (Cert.cer) and it is also imbedded in the body of the email. Copy the certificate.
  • The text file should look like this:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- [encoded data] -----END CERTIFICATE-----

  • Be sure there are 5 dashes to either side of the BEGIN CERTIFICATE and END CERTIFICATE and that no white space, extra line breaks or additional characters have been inadvertently added.
  • From the Lotus Notes client, open the Server Certificate Admin application
  • Click Install Certificate into Key Ring
  • Enter the file name for the key ring that will store this certificate. You created this key ring file when you created the Certificate Signing Request
  • Enter name of the key ring, and then import your Primary Certificate (SSLCert.txt) file
  • Click Merge Certificate into Key Ring
  • Enter the password for the server key ring file, and then click OK to approve the merge
  • Your certificate is now installed and ready to use on your IBM Domino Server.

Verify your Certificate is installed correctly

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