Installing and configuring prerequisite products

After the MVS™ programmer installs PKI Services using SMP/E (but before team members set up PKI Services, see Running IKYSETUP to perform RACF administration through Creating the object store and ICL), your team needs to set up prerequisite products:

• An HTTP server - to handle requests through a web server
• WebSphere Application Server for z/OSz/OS® (optional)- provides the web server if you implement the PKI Services web application using Java™Server pages (JSPs)
• LDAP - for posting certificates and CRLs
• ICSF (optional) - to store the CA's private key in hardware, and to generate and store key pairs for PKI Services certificate requests
• sendmail (optional) - for sending email notifications to certificate requestors and administrators
• OCSF (optional) - used by the PKI Trust Policy (PKITP)
• OCEP (optional) - used by the PKI Trust Policy (PKITP)
• DB2® (optional) - can be used to store the object store and issued certificate list (ICL) if VSAM data sets are not used