Determining If This Scenario Applies to You

In View 5.1 and later, you configure certificates for View by importing the certificates into the Windows local computer certificate store on the View server host.

Before you can import a certificate, you must generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and obtain a valid, signed certificate from a CA. If the CSR is not generated according to the example procedure described in this scenario, the resulting certificate and its private key must be available in a PKCS#12 (formerly called PFX) format file.

There are many ways to obtain SSL certificates from a CA. This scenario shows how to use the Microsoft certreq utility to generate a CSR and make a certificate available to a View server. You can use another method if you are familiar with the required tools, and they are installed on your server.

Use this scenario to solve the following problems:

• You do not have SSL certificates that are signed by a CA, and you do not know how to obtain them
• You have valid, signed SSL certificates, but they are not in PKCS#12 (PFX) format

If your organization provides you with SSL certificates that are signed by a CA, you can use these certificates. Your organization can use a valid internal CA or a third-party, commercial CA. If your certificates are not in PKCS#12 format, you must convert them. See Convert a Certificate File to PKCS#12 Format.

When you have a signed certificate in the proper format, you can import it into the Windows certificate store and configure a View server to use it. See Set Up an Imported Certificate for a View Server.