Generate a user certificate from KeyStore Explorer
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- UpdatedJan 30, 2025
- 5 minutes to read
- Yokohama
- RPA Hub
Generate a user certificate for client authentication and code signing in your Windows machine using the KeyStore Explorer application. This reference procedure is one of many methods to generate a user certificate.
Before you begin
Do this task in your Windows machine.
If user certificates are generated by your organization, then you can skip this procedure. You can proceed with installing the user certificate.
Role required: admin
About this task
You can install the KeyStore Explorer application in your Windows machine and then generate a client authentication and code signing certificate from the KeyStore Explorer application. Skip this task, if you already have these certificates.
Generate a client authentication certificate for authentication purposes in the Unattended Robot application.
Generate a code signing certificate for publishing an automation project from RPA Desktop Design Studio.
Procedure
What to do next
Activate the certificate-based authentication plugin, if you have the admin role. It is a prerequisite for registering the certificates on the instance. For more information, see Activate the certificate-based authentication.
Register user-generated client authentication certificate to make it available for authentication. For more information, see Register the CA certificate.
Map the user-generated client authentication certificate to the user. For more information, see Map the PEM certificate to user.
Install the generated client authentication and code signing certificate. For more information, see Install the user-generated certificates.