Working With Root Certificates; Display The List Of Trustworthy Root Certificates; Upload A Trustworthy Certificate Into The Edge Gateway - hilscher NIOT-E-TIB100-GB-RE User Manual

Public Key Infrastructure

16.4 Working with root certificates

16.4.1

Display the list of trustworthy root certificates

16.4.2

Upload a trustworthy certificate into the Edge Gateway

Edge Gateway | NIOT-E-TIB100-GB-RE (Remote)
DOC170501UM04EN | Revision 4 | English | 2018-08 | Released | Public
Root certificates can be used for verification of the authenticity of the
communication partner, as extensively described in section Use case 1:
Verification of the authenticity of the communication partner
(Server) [} page 228]. The following actions can be performed:
1. Display the list of trustworthy root certificates
2. Upload a trustworthy certificate into the Edge Gateway
3. Download of certificates from the Edge Gateway into a file
4. Removing root certificates/CAs that are no longer considered as
trustworthy
5. Adding a new trustworthy certificate to the Linux trust store of the Edge
Gateway
To display the list of trustworthy certificates from the Root Certificate Store
of the Edge Gateway, proceed as follows:
Ø Select option Root certificates in selection list (Selection list Root/
Service Certificates)
Ê In window Certificates the Root Certificate Store is displayed in the
shape of a list (containing certificates originating from the Mozilla CA
Certificate Shop, see
governance/policies/security-group/certs/).
Ø Select the desired entry within window Certificates
ð The window Certificate Viewer now shows the data of the selected
certificate (Structure according to X.509).
To upload a trustworthy certificate from a file to the Root Certificate Store of
the Edge Gateways , proceed as follows:
Ø Select option Root certificates in selection list (Selection list Root/
Service Certificates)
Ê In window Certificates the Root Certificate Store is displayed in the
shape of a list (containing certificates originating from the Mozilla CA
Certificate Shop).
Ø Select the desired entry within window Certificates
Ê The window Certificate Viewer now shows the data of the selected
certificate (Structure according to X.509).
Ø Click at button Upload in the header of window Certificates.
Ê A file selection dialog appears:
Ø Within that dialog, select the certificate file to be uploaded!
Ê A confirmation prompt appears and indicates the danger of overwriting
the current certificate file when continuing.:
Ø If you are really sure to need the current certificate file not any longer,
click at Yes.
ð The certificate file is being uploaded into the Edge Gateway.
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