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Prerequisites
To successfully create and install signed packages, you must have the following:
The signing certificate must be a trusted certificate.
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The signing certificate has a private key.
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The user signing the packages has access to the signing certificate's private key when signing a package.
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Access can be to the Certificate Store containing the certificate, an exported .pfx file of the certificate, or
an exported .pvk file of the certificate.
The public key of the signing certificate you used to sign a package is available on all the machines on
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which you are installing packages.
Procedure
1. Click Package Signing.
2. If you do not have a package open, click Open.
The Browse for Package dialog box appears.
3. Locate the *.crate file you are signing, and then click Open.
The path and file name are displayed after Package, located below the toolbar.
4. Click Sign.
The Select Signing Certificate dialog box appears.
5. Select one of the following options, and then click Browse:
Select signing Certificate from Windows Certificate Store
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a. The Browse for Signing Certificate dialog box appears, displaying the contents of the
Windows Certificate Store.
b. Locate the appropriate signing certificate in the store. It must have a private key. To limit the
displayed certificates to only those with private keys, click the top nodes in each of the displayed
trees, Current User and Local Machine. Only the certificates with private keys are displayed.
c. Click Select.
The certificate is added to the text box on the Select Signing Certificate dialog box.
Select signing certificate from file (.pfx, .pvk)
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a. The Browse for Signing Certificate dialog box appears, displaying certificate files.
b. Locate the exported certificate *.pvk or *.pfx file.
c. Click Open.
The certificate is added to the text box on the Select Signing Certificate dialog box.
6. Clear or select the Requires Password check box, depending on whether the selected certificate file has
a password.
If you select the check box, type the password in the text box.
7. Click Select.
8. Review the Package Signature and Security Status area. The following values indicate a successfully
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