Velocity Certificate Checking Service (VCCS) for FICAM Solutions

Overview

The Velocity Certificate Checking Service (VCCS) is a key software component of Identiv’s Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management (FICAM) Solution. The latest version of Identiv’s FICAM Solution includes the following hardware and software components:

• The current release of the FED Unlimited Edition of Velocity

• The Velocity Certificate Checking Service

• M2, M8, Mx, or Mx-1 controllers

• SNIB3 communications board (or the equivalent functionality built onto the Mx-1's main board), for each controller running in FICAM mode

• RS-485 Readers Expansion Board (RREB), (or the equivalent functionality built onto the Mx-1's main board), for each controller running in FICAM mode

• FICAM-capable OSDP/RS-485 card readers (such as Identiv’s uTrust TS Government readers, or Veridt’s Stealth Bio or Stealth Dual readers)

• To enroll PIV, PIV-I, or TWIC cards into Velocity, you need a FICAM-capable smart card reader with contacts; to do fingerprint authentication during enrollment, your enrollment station also needs to include a fingerprint scanner

Installing and Licensing this Service

Part of setting up Identiv’s FICAM Solution involves installing and licensing the VCCS, which consists of the following three tasks:

1. Contact Identiv to purchase the Velocity Cert Check Service, and then install it (on the Velocity Server)

2. Obtain a license for the Velocity Cert Check Service from Identiv

3. Add the license key for the Velocity Cert Check Service to the Velocity License Manager
   After installing the service, you must also perform a few configuration and setup tasks.

Contact Identiv to purchase the Velocity Cert Check Service (VCCS), and then install it.

1. Obtain the installation file for the VCCS from Identiv, and copy it to your Velocity Server

2. Locate the installation file (such as VelocityCertService_3.6.7.197.exe), right-click on it and choose the Run as administrator

   Open

   

3. Start the Velocity Cert Check Service, to populate the Velocity database with the Validation Engine’s System ID (license key)

Obtain a license for the Velocity Cert Check Service (VCCS) from Identiv.

1. Right-click on the icon for Velocity’s Service Control Manager (in the Windows tray), and choose Settings

2. In the resulting Velocity Settings dialog, click on the Velocity Cert Check Service in the left-hand pane

   Open

   

   On the resulting Velocity Cert Check Service Settings page, click on the Configure button

3. On the General tab of the resulting Velocity Cert Check Service Configuration dialog, copy the value in the System ID field then paste it into an email message

4. Right-click on the icon for Velocity’s Service Control Manager (in the Windows tray), and choose Velocity License Manager.

5. On the resulting Velocity License Manager window, copy the value of the Velocity Server ID field (on the top line), then paste it into the email message

6. Compose your email message so that:

   • It is addressed to vlas@identiv.com

   • It has a Subject such as “License Request for Velocity Cert Check Service“

   • The Body includes the System ID value and the Server ID value

7. Send the email and close the Velocity License Manager

After Identiv sends you a license key for the Velocity Cert Check Service, add it to the Velocity License Manager.

1. Right-click on the icon for Velocity’s Service Control Manager (in the Windows tray), and choose Velocity License Manager

2. Copy the license key (which is a large block of letters and numbers) in the email message from Identiv

3. On the Velocity License Manager window, paste the license key into the Add / Renew License field, then click the Add / Renew button

   The following dialog should be displayed:

4. Click the OK button to close this dialog, and then close the Velocity License Manager