Default Certificates Expander

It helps you to browse, select and set the default root, host and self-signed certificates from the Windows Certificate store.

• Root Certificate: Allows you to browse (when you click Browse) and select a root certificate already imported in the Store location - Local machine certificates > Trusted Root Certification Authorities.
• Host certificate: Allows you to browse and select a host certificate already imported in the Store location - Local machine certificates > Personal.
• Self-Signed certificate: Allows you to browse and select a self-signed certificate already imported in the Store location - Local machine certificates > Personal.
• Details: Click Details to view the certificate details.
• Reset: Click Reset when you want to clear the default certificate.

The default certificate, that are not available in the Windows Certificate store are indicated in red in the Default Certificate expander.

NOTE:
Only certificates with RSA signature algorithm are supported. CNG certificates are not supported.

The following table describes the default certificates and the location where they display by default in the SMC.

Default Certificate Type	Displays as the Default Certificate in the Field…
Root	Root Certificate of the Communication Security expander, when you modify the Server project (using the Server Communication section) or modify Client/FEP project (using the Server communication section) and the client server communication type is Secured and no certificates are configured.
Host	Host Certificate of the Communication Security expander, when you modify the Server project (using the Server Communication section) or modify Client/FEP project (using the Server communication section) and the client server communication type is Secured and no certificates are configured and Host Certificate of CCom Port Settings in the Communication Security expander, when you create/modify the server project (using the Web Server Communication section) and the web communication type is Secured.
Self-signed	Certificate issued to field of the Details expander when you create the website and Certificate issued to field of the Web Application Details expander when you create the web application.

 

NOTE:
Only when the self-signed certificate is not set as default, the Create button is enabled in the Details expander when you create a new web site. You can create a new self-signed certificate when you click Create which gets set as default self-signed certificate for web site/web application.