Installing a client certificate

On client systems that use the Micro Focus Common Client for SSL connections (such as COBOL Web Services clients, and clients that use client/server binding, ES/MSS Remote Job Entry, and COBOL XML I/O), you need to set client information in a file, as follows:

To set up client certificate, key file and pass phrase information in a file:

Create the file mf-client.dat in the base\bin directory if the file doesn't already exist.
Add an [SSL] section to this file and set parameters for the root certificate, the client certificate, the client key file, and the client key file passphrase, as follows:
```
     [SSL]
    root=/path/to/root/cert.type
    certificate=/path/to/client/cert.type
    key=/path/to/client/keyfile.type
    passphrase=keyfile passphrase 
```
where:
- root defaults to ssldir/private/CArootcert.pem, where ssldir is the directory where Security Pack is installed, and is by default Program Files\Micro Focus\DemoCA. To find out the directory, look up the registry key HKLM\Software\Micro Focus\DemoCA\1.0\Setup\DemoCAFolder .
- If certificate isn't specified, no client-side certificate is used

Note: If you use a client certificate, the pass phrase for the key file appears in plain text in the mf-client.dat file. For security purposes, you should make this file readable only by the user or users who run applications that use this certificate.