To make an SSL connection more secure, it is recommended that you use a private certificate. By default, PureMessage uses the /opt/pmx/etc/manager/manager.pem certificate. If you prefer to generate your own self-signed certificate, you can do so using the pmx-cert command.
The following instructions assume that OpenSSL is installed on the system; see http://www.openssl.org/ for more information.
To generate a self-signed certificate: