Chapter 16. Batch System

Table of Contents

1. Requirements
2. Design
3. Data Import
4. Change the workflow
5. Default workflow
6. What about the different crypto tokens?
7. Performance
7.1. PIII 850MHz, 256 MB RAM

The most organizations which decide to evaluate or use PKIs make a decision We need a PKI. After some tests, discussions and perhaps some failed roll-outs they start looking for automation tools to limit the chances where end-users can make mistakes which are timeconsuming and in this way expensive. OpenCA tries to solve this problem like many other PKI solutions with a flexible batch system.

1. Requirements

The batch system has to fullfill several requirements. It must be
  • fast

  • easy to configure

  • extendable

  • adaptable to workflows

These are only some requirements. Usually every organization has a bunch of additional problems which should be solved.