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Properties file for AIX

Store your API key and client authentication password in a properties file to simplify setup and improve security. The SMCTL client automatically retrieves these credentials when the file is saved as .signingmanager/ssm-config.properties in your home directory.

Create properties file

  1. Open an integrated development environment (IDE) or plain text editor.

  2. Copy and paste the following:

    SM_API_KEY=<API key>
SM_CLIENT_CERT_PASSWORD=<Client certificate password>

  3. Provide your API key and client authentication password.

  4. Name the file: ssm-config.properties.

  5. Save the file in the following location: <Home Dir>/.signingmanager/ssm-config.properties.

Note

When your API key and client authentication certificate password are securely stored in the properties file, run the following command to set the host and client authentication certificate in SMCTL:

export SM_HOST=<host URL>
export SM_CLIENT_CERT_FILE=<P12 client authentication certificate file path>

Proxy configuration

Configure the HTTPS_PROXY environment variable if the client tool need to communicate through a proxy.

Anonymous proxy

If your proxy doesn't require authentication, run the following command:

export HTTPS_PROXY=https://<proxy_host>:<proxy_port>

Authenticated proxy

If your proxy requires authentication, run the following command:

export HTTPS_PROXY=https://user:password@<proxy_host>:<proxy_port>
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