Hi Satya: The VenueServer is, internally, a web server using SSL. For this reason, a certificate is required.
As a convenience, we have issued certificate for the AG community for years. It's simple to request and install a certificate, and the associated CA certificate is included with client installations. This is exactly the procedure used by web servers and browsers, where your browser ships with many well-known CA certificates. If you want to issue your own certificates, you're free to do so. The AG software supports import of third-party CA certificates and server certificates to make this possible. One problem you will encounter is that your users must have your CA certificate installed, so you'll have to make it available to them with instructions for importing it. I've long thought that we should support an administrative mechanism for shipping configuration state to user communities (e.g., CA certificates, venue server preferences, bridge preferences), but the impetus for that has not yet materialized. I'd be happy to advise such an effort, and wouldn't expect it to be difficult. Tom On 12/31/08 10:33 PM, Satyanarayana wrote: Hi, I want to install my own venue server at my premises and create venue clients. When I have gone through the documentation I understood that to install venue server I need to get Server Certificate. I would like to whether this step is essential to start my own venue server or is there any methodology using which I can start my own venue server and manage venue clients. Pl. let me know reason behind imposing registration of new Venue Server installations at central site by asking to send request for VenueServer certificate. Thank You, Regards, Satya -- N. Satyanarayana Sr. Staff Scientist C-DAC Hyderabad
