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2.4 a. Create and connect self-signed certificates on the host.

Because the clients will not know about the issuer of the self-signed certificate, in most cases you must add the server's self-signed certificate to the client's signer certificates. This process requires the following high-level steps:

  • Generate the DCAS server self-signed certificate on the host.

  • Transfer the DCAS server's certificate to the DCAS client machine.

Following are detailed steps describing the process. DCAS server self-signed certificates can be created using RACF.