Installing and Using CCM Components

Connecting CCM to ActivID CMS

The CCM client connects to ActivID CMS using web services over Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS) with mutual authentication. In this connection type, an ActivID CMS-based application needs an SSL Client Certificate and key pair registered as a valid ActivID CMS Operator (client authentication), and the trusted Root CA The Certificate Authority (CA) issues and manages security credentials and public keys for message encryption in a networks environment. certificate (server authentication).

The ActivID CMS-based application is only allowed to perform operations that the ActivID CMS Operator’s certificate authorizes it to perform. For more information on Roles, refer to Managing Roles.

Credential Manager, Security Module Manager, User Manager, and Wallet Manager all use SSL/TLS with mutual authentication. The Synchronization Manager is a server-side-only component and does not use the mutually-authenticated client/server SSL/TLS.

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