Introduction
As documented in CoreOne Connectivity (Network ports and protocols), there are various distributed services that need a certificate to secure the connection between the two parties. Most of the times, those certificates are read from a local certificate store such as the Windows Certificate Store. This how to shows you how to add a certificate there and give the appropriate service user access to the private key.
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Start the certificate store with; "
Win + R | mmc". Now you will see the Certificate store. Add a new Snap-in with following steps:
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Navigate to the folder "Personal" and open it. Do a right click on the folder "Certificates" to open the task menu. Choose All Tasks → Import to import the certificate. Click "Next" in the first window. Now browse for the certificate that you want to add. After that click "Next" again.
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To add the certificate you have to enter the password of the certificate, which was generated at the export to import the private key.
Check the checkbox “Mark this key as exportable”.
After you have done this, you need to choose the folder , where you want to add the certificate. In the normal case this is the folder "Personal". Click "Next" to continue.
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To complete the changes click "Finish". Confirm all your changes by clicking "OK" in the popup window that will open.
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Step 3 - Check the recently added certificate
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