Renewing Zebra PAS Certificates

About this task

Use this procedure to renew the PAS certificate.

Procedure

  1. In the SOTI MobiControl console, open the main menu and select Global Settings > MobiControl Services > Printer Administration Servers.
  2. Select the PAS that needs renewal.
    The Edit Printer Administration Server (PAS) dialog box is displayed.
  3. Select Regenerate.
    Regenerate PAS option
    A notification informs you that a client certificate is regenerated.
  4. Select OK.
  5. Select Download in the PAS Client Certificate section to open the Download PAS Client Certificate dialog box (see Download PAS Client Certificate).
  6. In the Password field, enter a password for the certificate, then select Download.
    The certificate is downloaded as a .pfx file.
  7. Convert the .pfx certificate to the .jks format.
    Note: Perform the following steps on a computer other than the SOTI MobiControl server. Java upgrade to the latest version on the SOTI MobiControl server may impact the SOTI MobiControl Search service.
    1. Install Java JDK or JRE (see https://www.java.com/en/download/).
    2. Navigate to the bin folder at the Java installation path.
    3. On the computer with the JDK installed, enter the following command:
      Note: The bolded part may differ because it is version-specific.
      Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_201.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/keytool -importkeystore -srckeystore <pathToCertificate_13.pfx> -srcstoretype pkcs12 -destkeystore SotiCertificate.jks -deststoretype JKS
    4. Enter a password for the destination keystore .
      Note: The best practice is to reuse the source keystore password.
    5. Enter the source keystore password.
      The new SotiCertificate.jks certificate is exported to the current directory (the bin folder).
  8. Upload the converted (.jks) certificate to the server where SOTI MobiControl Connector is installed. To upload the certificate, choose from the following actions:
    • Use a command prompt to replace the old certificate, or
    • Drop the new certificate file into the installation folder.
  9. Restart the SOTI MobiControl Connector service from services.msc.
  10. Refresh the SOTI MobiControl console.
  11. To verify that the PAS connection is active, check the status next to the PAS connection.

Results

The Zebra PAS certificate renews and can manage printers.