The CertMgr.exe command line utility is located in the application directory of the Application Server. Its purpose is to give you an easy way of dealing with the the self signed default certificates that are used by default for communication between clients and the Application Server.
To run CertMgr open a console window change to the Application directory and type CertMgr.exe with the appropriate command line arguments.
Table 1 describes the command arguments that can be used with CertMgr.exe, listing 1 shows the basic command line syntax and Listing 2 an exemplary usage of the utility
Argument |
Description |
-i, --Install |
Installs the default certificate - needs administrative rights |
-r, --Remove |
Removes the default certificate if installed - needs administrative |
-c, --Check |
Checks if the default certificate is installed |
-u, --User |
Name of the windows user account that runs the Application Server service, mandatory if you specify -i. |
-d, --Domain |
Name of the windows domain of the account that runs the Application Server Service, , mandatory if you specify -i. |
-h, --help |
Displays a help screen. |
Table 1: Command line options for the CertMgr.exe utility
CertMgr -c | -i [-u <username> [-d <domainname>]] | -r] |
Listing 1: Basic syntax of the CertMgr.exe utility.
C:\Program Files\Redbex\Application Server\>certmgr -c 0 30.04.2013 07:40:11 +02:00 Searching for installed default certificate 1 30.04.2013 07:40:11 +02:00 Search criteria: 2 30.04.2013 07:40:11 +02:00 Certificate name: RedbexDefaultCertificate 3 30.04.2013 07:40:11 +02:00 Store name: My 4 30.04.2013 07:40:11 +02:00 Store location: LocalMachine
Default certificate is not installed
C:\Program Files\Redbex\Application Server\>certmgr -i -u scc3b -d at 0 30.04.2013 07:40:24 +02:00 Installing default certificate: 1 30.04.2013 07:40:24 +02:00 Certificate name: RedbexDefaultCertificate 2 30.04.2013 07:40:24 +02:00 Store name: My 3 30.04.2013 07:40:24 +02:00 Store location: LocalMachine 4 30.04.2013 07:40:24 +02:00 Searching for installed default certificate 5 30.04.2013 07:40:24 +02:00 Search criteria: 6 30.04.2013 07:40:24 +02:00 Certificate name: RedbexDefaultCertificate 7 30.04.2013 07:40:24 +02:00 Store name: My 8 30.04.2013 07:40:24 +02:00 Store location: LocalMachine 9 30.04.2013 07:40:24 +02:00 Certificate successfully installed. 10 30.04.2013 07:40:25 +02:00 Adding key file permissions for user: >scc3b< in domain >at<
Default certificate successfully installed
C:\Program Files\Redbex\Application Server\>certmgr -c 0 30.04.2013 07:40:36 +02:00 Searching for installed default certificate 1 30.04.2013 07:40:36 +02:00 Search criteria: 2 30.04.2013 07:40:36 +02:00 Certificate name: RedbexDefaultCertificate 3 30.04.2013 07:40:36 +02:00 Store name: My 4 30.04.2013 07:40:36 +02:00 Store location: LocalMachine 5 30.04.2013 07:40:36 +02:00 Details on installed certificate 6 30.04.2013 07:40:36 +02:00 Issuer name: CN=RedbexDefaultCertificate 7 30.04.2013 07:40:36 +02:00 Has private key: True 8 30.04.2013 07:40:36 +02:00 Subject name: CN=RedbexDefaultCertificate
Default certificate is installed
C:\Program Files\Redbex\Application Server\>certmgr -r 0 30.04.2013 07:40:40 +02:00 Searching for installed default certificate 1 30.04.2013 07:40:40 +02:00 Search criteria: 2 30.04.2013 07:40:40 +02:00 Certificate name: RedbexDefaultCertificate 3 30.04.2013 07:40:40 +02:00 Store name: My 4 30.04.2013 07:40:40 +02:00 Store location: LocalMachine 5 30.04.2013 07:40:40 +02:00 Details on installed certificate 6 30.04.2013 07:40:40 +02:00 Issuer name: CN=RedbexDefaultCertificate 7 30.04.2013 07:40:40 +02:00 Has private key: True 8 30.04.2013 07:40:40 +02:00 Subject name: CN=RedbexDefaultCertificate 9 30.04.2013 07:40:40 +02:00 Removing default certificate 10 30.04.2013 07:40:40 +02:00 Certificate name: RedbexDefaultCertificate 11 30.04.2013 07:40:40 +02:00 Store name: My 12 30.04.2013 07:40:40 +02:00 Store location: LocalMachine 13 30.04.2013 07:40:40 +02:00 Removing certificate with subject: CN=RedbexDefaultCertificate
Default certificate successfully deinstalled
C:\Program Files\Redbex\Application Server\>certmgr -c 0 30.04.2013 07:40:44 +02:00 Searching for installed default certificate 1 30.04.2013 07:40:44 +02:00 Search criteria: 2 30.04.2013 07:40:44 +02:00 Certificate name: RedbexDefaultCertificate 3 30.04.2013 07:40:44 +02:00 Store name: My 4 30.04.2013 07:40:44 +02:00 Store location: LocalMachine
Default certificate is not installed |
Listing 2: Exemplary use of the CertMgr.exe utility
