Configuring CTE for AIX with CipherTrust Manager

This section describes how to install and configure CTE on AIX systems that you plan to register with a CipherTrust Manager.

The installation and configuration process when you are using CTE with a CipherTrust Manager consists of three basic steps:

1. Installation Prerequisites

   Gather the information needed for the installation and set up your network.

2. Interactive Installation and Registration AIX

   Install CTE interactively on a protected host and register the protected host with CipherTrust Manager.

   Silent Installation on AIX

   Install CTE silently (non-interactive) on a protected host and register the protected host with CipherTrust Manager.

3. External Certificates

   Use for communication between CTE and CM. Install the external certificate before registering CipherTrust Transparent Encryption with CipherTrust Manager.

4. Validating CipherTrust Manager and CipherTrust Transparent Encryption with a Local CA Certificate

   Ensure that registration by the CTE agent is serviced only by the expected key manager by providing a copy of the CA certificate that will be used to authenticate the TLS communications with the key manager.

5. Guarding a Device with CipherTrust Manager

   Create as many standard GuardPoints on the client as you need