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Creating certificate storage

The first time you access a Certificate Management view, the system creates an empty certManagement folder in its User Home ( Niagara 4 and later) or Sys Home ( NiagaraAX).
Prerequisites: You have admin privileges and are working in Workbench on a PC (Supervisor or otherwise). All controllers have been commissioned.
  1. To open the Certificate Management tool, click Tools > Certificate Management.
    This opens the Workbench the User Key Store.
  2. To view the certManagement folder, expand the Nav tree: My Host > My File System > User Home > certManagement.
  3. To create a new folder, right-click certManagement, and click New > New Folder.
  4. Name the folder rootcert.
  5. Create two more folders naming them serverCSRs and signedCSRs.
The file system on your PC serves as the central location for setting up PKI certificates.
Figure 6.   The central location for certificate management
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To simplify what can be a complex process, this document encourages you to create a root certificate and server certificate(s) using Workbench and the certManagement folders. If your installation involves a single controller, you may not need these folders, but in a large company-wide installation, separating the certificates and CSRs simplifies the task. Using intermediate certificates (refer to the Niagara Station Security Guide) only increases the complexity making some type of folder structure unavoidable.

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