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Skills for setting up prerequisite products

z/OS Cryptographic Services PKI Services Guide and Reference
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The following table lists team members (alphabetically) and tasks and required skills needed for installing and configuring prerequisite products:
Table 1. Tasks and skills needed for installing prerequisite products
Role Tasks Required skills Documented in:
DB2® database administrator (DBA) (Optionally) installing and configuring DB2 (if not already done) DB2 installation and configuration skills
  • Installation Guide for your version of DB2.
ICSF programmer (Optionally) installing and configuring ICSF (if not already done) ICSF installation and configuration skills
ICSF programmer

(Optionally) setting up the ICSF PKCS #11 token data set (TKDS) (if not already done)

ICSF installation and configuration skills
LDAP programmer Installing and configuring LDAP (if not already done) and recording information LDAP installation and configuration skills
OCEP programmer (Optionally) Installing and configuring OCEP for use with PKITP OCEP installation and configuration skills
OCSF programmer (Optionally) Installing and configuring OCSF for use with PKITP OCSF installation and configuration skills
UNIX programmer (Optionally) Configuring sendmail if your installation is planning to send e-mail notifications to users about certificates
  • Basic UNIX commands such as the cp (copy) command and mkdir (make directory) command
  • sendmail configuration skills
Web server programmer If you are implementing the PKI Services Web application using REXX CGI execs, or if you plan to use OCSP, SCEP, or CMP protocols: Installing and configuring the IBM HTTP Server (if not already configured for at least non-SSL pages) and recording information IBM HTTP Server installation and configuration skills
  If you are implementing the PKI Services Web application using Java™ server pages (JSPs): Installing and configuring Websphere Application Server Websphere Application Server installation and configuration skills
  • The information center for your release of Websphere Application Server, at http://www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/was/library/
Your team needs to install and configure prerequisite products before setting up PKI Services:
  1. The Web server programmer installs and configures the IBM HTTP Server (if you are implementing the PKI Services web application using REXX CGI execs or intend to use OCSP, SCEP, or CMP protocols) or Websphere Application Server (if you are implementing the PKI Services web application using Java server pages).
  2. The LDAP programmer installs and configures LDAP.
  3. Optionally, the ICSF programmer installs and configures ICSF, and optionally sets up the token data set (TKDS).
  4. Optionally, the OCEP programmer installs and configures the OCEP.
  5. Optionally, the OCSF programmer installs and configures the OCSF.
  6. Optionally, the DB2 database administrator installs and configures DB2.
See Installing and configuring prerequisite products for details about performing these tasks.

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