The SSL certificate (the bit of code that guarantees secure web transactions) that is included in Collage expires on May 2, 2007. What does that mean to you? When you log in to the Collage Controller, you will see a popup alert that indicates the certificate has expired. However, you can simply accept the expired certificate and continue. The alert can be a little annoying, but Collage will continue to operate normally.

The next generally available release of Collage will include an updated SSL certificate. Until then, if you want to avoid the popup alert, you can use the following procedure to update existing Collage 3.4—4.0 systems. Here's what you do:

1. Go to the Cassatt customer FTP site: ftp.cassatt.com.
2. Log in as anonymous.
3. Get the SSL certificate file from the following location:
   outbound/customer/keystore.zip
4. On all control nodes, extract the new SSL certificate file into the following directory:
   
   /opt/cassatt/server/
   
   You will need root access. Also, it's okay to overwrite the existing file.
5. Restart Collage. Use one of the following procedures, depending on whether you are using a single-control node or dual-control node implementation:

   If using...	Then follow these steps...
   Single-control node system	1. Log in to the control node as root. 2. Use the following cccoreservice command to restart the Collage service: /opt/cassatt/bin/cccoreservice restart
   Dual-control node system	1. Use the following cccoreservice command to determine the active control node: /opt/cassatt/bin/cccoreservice status In the output, the node with Status equal to "started" is the active control node. 2. Log in as root to the active control node. 3. Use the following cccoreservice command to restart the Collage service: /opt/cassatt/bin/cccoreservice restart

   
   Note that you can use the same cccoreservice command for either single- or dual-control node systems. Previous versions of Collage required different commands.

That's all there is to it. Once you update the keystore file, the popup alerts will go away.

Labels: Collage SSL certification "control node"