After you have exited the Inter-Server Communications Security Installation Wizard, create and distribute a Text File Changes policy that is used to enable the security. To create and distribute the policy, complete the following in order:
In ConsoleOne®, right-click the container where you want the Policy Package object stored, click
, then click .This starts the Policy Package Wizard.
Under
, select , then click .Name the package, then click
.Make the package name unique to identify its purpose.
Click
, then click .Click the
> tab, then click .This policy can apply to any platform.
In the Add Policy dialog box, click
, enter a name for the policy, then click .The new policy is enable and automatically selected.
Click
.The
tab is displayed.Because the security=false line could exist, you need to create two text file changes in order to effectively change security from false to true. This is accomplished in the next two steps.
Click
, then do the following:Enter sys:\zenworks\zws\zws.properties in the field.
Replace the “Change #1” text that defaults with a descriptive change tag; for example, Delete Security Line.
In the
field, select .In the
field, select .In the security=false.
field, enterIn the
field, select .Click the down arrow button for the drop-down field next to the
button, select , click , then do the following:Replace the “Change #2” text that defaults with a descriptive change tag; for example, Append Security Line.
In the
field, select .In the security=true.
field, enterThis string is case sensitive.
Click
to save the policy, then click to exit.Continue with Section G.4.2, Distributing the Text File Changes Policy.
In ConsoleOne, right-click your TED container, click
> , select , then click .Enter the Distribution’s name.
Make the Distribution’s name unique to identify its purpose.
Browse for the Distributor object, click
, then click .Click the
tab, in the drop-down box, select , then click .Browse for the policy package you created in Section G.4.1, Creating a Text File Changes Policy for Enabling Inter‑Server Communications Security, click , then click .
Click the
tab, click the arrow for the drop-down box of the field, select , then click .This schedule type causes the Subscriber to extract the Distribution and enforces the policy as soon as it is received.
Click the
tab, click , browse for the Channel, click , then click .Make sure the Channel is listed as
in the list.When finished configuring the Distribution, click
.You are prompted to resolve the certificates.
Click
to resolve the certificates.This copies the security certificates from the Distributor to the Subscribers that are subscribed to the Channel.
IMPORTANT:If you have Linux or Solaris Subscribers and do not have drives mapped from your workstation to those servers, you must resolve certificates to those servers manually. For more information, see Resolving Certificates
in the Novell ZENworks 7 Server Management Administration Guide.
After the Text File Changes policy Distributions are sent, received, and extracted on each target server, inter-server communications security is in effect.