SSLCERTSERIAL= System Option

Specifies the serial number of the digital certificate that SSL should use.
Client: optional
Server: optional
Valid in: Configuration file, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window, SAS invocation, SAS/CONNECT spawner command line
Category: Communications: Networking and Encryption
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= Communications
Operating environment: Windows
Tip: When additional encryption options are specified on the spawner command line, the options must be included in the -SASCMD value. The spawner does not automatically pass the encryption values. For detailed information about -SASCMD, see Starting the Windows Spawner in Communications Access Methods for SAS/CONNECT and SAS/SHARE.
SSL for SAS/SHARE under Windows: Examples

Syntax

SSLCERTSERIAL=“serial-number

Syntax Description

serial-number
specifies the serial number of the digital certificate that should be used by SSL.

Details

The SSLCERTSERIAL= option is used with the SSLCERTISS= option to uniquely identify a digital certificate from the Microsoft Certificate Store.
Note: You can also use the SSLCERTSUBJ= option to identify a digital certificate instead of using the SSLCERTISS= and the SSLCERTSERIAL= options.