Importing a Trusted Certificate

You can import a trusted certificate into a wallet in either of two ways: paste the trusted certificate from an e-mail that you receive from the certificate authority, or import the trusted certificate from a file.

Oracle Wallet Manager automatically installs trusted certificates from VeriSign, RSA, Entrust, and GTE CyberTrust when you create a new wallet.

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Copying and Pasting Text-Only (BASE64) Trusted Certificates

  1. Copy the trusted certificate from the body of the email message you received that contained the user certificate. Include the lines BEGIN CERTIFICATE and END CERTIFICATE.

    You can use the Ctrl+c keyboard shortcut to copy the user certificate.

  2. Start Oracle Wallet Manager.

    • (UNIX) At the command line, enter the following command:

      owm

    • (Windows) Select Start, Programs, Oracle-HOME_NAME, Integrated Management Tools, Wallet Manager

  3. If the wallet is closed, then open it by selecting Open from the Wallet menu. When prompted, select the wallet directory location, and then enter your wallet password.

  4. From the Operations menu, select Import Trusted Certificate.

    The Import Trusted Certificate dialog box appears.

  5. Select the Paste the certificate option and then click OK.

    Another Import Trusted Certificate dialog box appears with the following message:

    Please paste a BASE64 format certificate below.

  6. Paste the certificate into the window, and click OK.

    You can use the Ctrl+v keyboard shortcut to paste the certificate.

    A message informs you that the trusted certificate was successfully installed.

  7. Click OK.

    You are returned to the Oracle Wallet Manager main panel, and the trusted certificate is displayed at the bottom of the Trusted Certificates tree.

Importing a File That Contains the Trusted Certificate

  1. Ensure that you had saved the file that contains the trusted certificate in either text (BASE64) or binary (der) format.

  2. Start Oracle Wallet Manager.

    • (UNIX) At the command line, enter the following command:

      owm

    • (Windows) Select Start, Programs, Oracle-HOME_NAME, Integrated Management Tools, Wallet Manager

  3. If the wallet is closed, then open it by selecting Open from the Wallet menu. When prompted, select the wallet directory location, and then enter your wallet password.

  4. From the Operations menu, select Import Trusted Certificate.

    The Import Trusted Certificate dialog box appears.

  5. Select the Select a file that contains the certificate option and then click OK.

    The Import Trusted Certificate dialog box appears.

  6. Enter the following information:

    • Enter path or folder name: Enter the file system directory location where the certificate is stored, or navigate to the directory structure under Folders.

    • Enter file name: Select the name of the trusted certificate file (for example, cert.txt).

  7. Click OK.

    A message informs you that the trusted certificate was successfully imported into the wallet.

  8. Click OK to exit the dialog box.

    You are returned to the Oracle Wallet Manager main panel, and the trusted certificate is displayed at the bottom of the Trusted Certificates tree.