Steps for renewing a self-signed certificate in RACF
Perform the following steps to renew an expiring self-signed certificate
in RACF® using the same private
key. This example shows the commands a TSO user YELENA might issue
to renew her self-signed certificate.
- Create a certificate request based on the expiring certificate
and store it in an MVS™ data set
'YELENA.CERT.REQ'
by executing the following command:RACDCERT ID(YELENA) GENREQ(LABEL('Yelena's Cert')) DSN('YELENA.CERT.REQ')
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- Execute the following command to renew and replace the expiring
self-signed certificate:
RACDCERT ID(YELENA) GENCERT('YELENA.CERT.REQ') SIGNWITH(LABEL('Yelena's Cert'))
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You have now renewed an expiring self-signed certificate using the same private key. All information in the certificate is updated to reflect the renewal, including the key ring connection information.