Installing a certificate

If the System Trust Stores in your remote stations already contain the root CA certificate from the CA (Certificate Authority) that signed your intermediate, server or code-signing certificates, you do not need to run a provisioning job. If your company serves as its own CA, you must install a root CA or intermediate certificate in the User Trust Stores of each platform/station that serves as a client. Installing this certificate can be useful before running a signed provisioning robot on several stations.

The BatchJobService is available under Services. The ProvisioningNwExt component is available under the NiagaraNetwork. The Niagara Network Job Builder (one-time) or Niagara Network Prototype View (reoccurring job) is open.
This is a recurring provisioning job that uses the NiagaraNetworkJobPrototype.
  1. On your Supervisor, expand Config > Services > PlatformServices, double-click CertManagerService and click the User Trust Store tab.
    Note: You cannot complete this procedure if you import the certificate into the Workbench User Trust Store of your Supervisor PC.
  2. Click the Import button, navigate to the location on the thumb drive that contains the root CA certificate and click Open.
  3. Confirm that the Subject of the certificate identifies it as the root CA certificate and click OK.
    The system imports the certificate in preparation for the provisioning job.
  4. Navigate to the location in the station where you manage provisioning jobs.
  5. Drag a NiagaraNetworkJobPrototype component to this location and name the component something like, “Root CA certificate provisioning.”
  6. Double-click the new component.
    The Niagara Network Prototype View opens.
  7. In the top pane, Provisioning steps to run, click (Add).
    The New Job Step window opens.

  8. Select Install Certificate and click OK.
    The Install Certificate window opens.

  9. To complete the installation, select the root CA certificate and click OK.
  10. Define the stations to include in the job.
    The system copies the certificate from the Supervisor station’s User Trust Store to the User Trust Stores of the other clients.