Signing a certificate
This procedure creates a provisioning job to sign a certificate. This step is intended to run as part of a provisioning workflow
to establish server certificates on stations connected to a
Prerequisites: 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.
- In the top pane, Provisioning steps to run for each station, click
(Add).The New Job Step window opens. - Click the Sign Certificate step and click OK.The system opens the Sign Certificate window.
- Enter the appropriate
Server Certificate Aliason the remote device andCA Certificate Alias(as in the example shown above), and click OK.If a CA certificate has not been generated in the Supervisor’s User Key Store, or if a new CA certificate is desired, select Generate New under the
CA Certificate Aliasdropdown. This opens the Configure CA Certificate window (shown below) for entering the CA certificate information to be used for the signing CA certificate. When complete, click OK.
See the “Creating a root CA certificate” section of the Niagara Station Security Guide for more information on creating a CA certificate used to sign server certificates
- In the bottom pane, Stations to include in the job, click (Add).The Add Device window opens.
- Select the stations and click OK.
- To initiate the provisioning job, review your choices and click Run Now.The view changes to the Niagara Network Job View, where steps and results appear as they are executed.