Server Certificates

To ensure the system security, we recommend acquiring five server certificates for the following purposes. Additionally, it is possible to secure connection to IMAP server, and if Embedded Communications Framework (ECF) or Restful Interfaces is used, the connection to Tomcat must be secured.

Table 1. Connections Secured with Server Certificates

Secured Connection

Mandatory

Configured in

Note

Client-server

Mandatory for CoS- client connections and QMS-External Quality Monitoring.

For CoS and QMS, in IA installation variables; others see the table below.

Marked with a polygon (⌂) in the figure below.

Internal Server Connections

If configured for one server, must be configured for all peer servers with the same certificate. Recommended.

IA, installation variables for each server package.

To provide a secure website (https://), configure the certificate for it in the IIS Manager.

Certificate must be of type that allows both client and server roles, see Generating Certificate Request.

Marked with a diamond (◊) in the figure below.

Note:

The Certificate for External Password Encryption that is used for encryption, is used for decryption even if that certificate has expired. If the expired certificate is removed from the system, encryption/decryption will fail. To avoid that, do not remove the expired certificate from the servers where Agent Server, CEM Server, Email Sender, and SMS Server are installed. To correct the situation if the certificate has been removed, re-enter the passwords in System Configurator in:

  • System Services > E-Mail Settings > External Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) > Password
  • System Management > Modules > SMS Server > Password.

HAC-HAC

Recommended

IA, see Creating HAC Nodes and Starting HAC Services.

Marked with a circle (○) in the figure below.

IA-HAC

Recommended

IA, see Creating HAC Nodes and Starting HAC Services.

Marked with a triangle (∆) in the figure below.

Certificate for External Password Encryption

Mandatory (as of 1608)

IA, see Agent Server Variables.

Private key must be installed on server(s) where the Agent Server and CEM server packages are installed, and if sending e-mails and sms messages is protected with password, also on those servers where Email Sender and SMS Server are installed.

Marked with a square (□) in the figure below.

Additional:

IMAP Server Certificate

Recommended

System Configurator (SC) System Services > E-Mail Settings.

Certificate must be installed and configured in IMAP server.

ECF, RI

Recommended

See Embedded Communications Framework (ECF) or Installing Restful Interfaces

If there is IIS installed on the same server, change also the HTTPS port number..

Note:

When a certificate-secured virtual unit has instances on more than one server, install the certificate on all those servers.

Figure 1. Server Certificates


Client-Server Connections

The secured client-server connections and their configuration tools are listed in the table below. Each connection can have the certificate of its own, or the same one can be used for all.

Install the certificate on the physical server where the virtual unit with the installation package will have an instance, and configure it in the IA or IIS Manager correspondingly.

Table 2. Secured Client-Server Connections

Connection

Protocol Provided by Certificate

Certificate Requirement

Installation Package

Configuration Tool

CDT, Convergence telephony communication

TLS Tunnel

Mandatory

CoS

IA

SC configuration data

TLS Tunnel

Mandatory

CoS

IA

VoIP desk phones

SRTP

Optional

SIP Bridge

IA

External quality systems

HTTPS

Mandatory

QMS

IA

SAP CRM

HTTPS

Optional

Integration Interfaces

IIS Manager

Monitoring

HTTPS

Optional

Monitoring Web Clients

IIS Manager

External SMS provider

HTTPS

Optional

SMS Server

IIS Manager

Chat

HTTPS

Optional

Chat Server and Chat Portal Server

IIS Manager

E-mail

SMTP

Optional

E-mail Sender

IIS Manager

Reporting

HTTPS

Optional

Standard Reports

IIS Manager