Importing a signed certificate

This procedure creates a provisioning job to import a signed certificate for each remote device in the job. The files to import should be located in the ^certImport folder on the Supervisor station. See the “Importing the signed certificate back into the User Key Store” section of the Niagara Station Security Guide for more information on importing a certificate.

  • The BatchJobService is available under Services. The ProvisioningNwExt component is available under the NiagaraNetwork. The Niagara Network Job Builder (one-time) or Niagara Network Prototype View (reoccurring job) is open.

  • A signed certificate exists in the ^certImport folder on the Supervisor station.

  1. In the Niagara Network Job Builder window in the top pane, Provisioning steps to run for each station, click add ().
    The New Job Step window opens.
  2. Select the Import Signed Certificate step and click OK.
    The system opens the Import Signed Certificate window.

  3. Select the File Naming Identifier and the Certificate Alias for the certificate on the remote device. If the certificate contains a private key, enter it into the Supervisor Password property.
  4. Alternatively (as of Niagara 4.14), you have the following options while importing the signed certificate:


    • The File Naming Identifier is Hostname: if you select the Use Filename as Alias checkbox and leave the Certificate Alias property empty, the Import Signed Certificate job step will use the host name as the certificate alias. The file name of the certificate will be <hostname>.pem.
    • The File Naming Identifier is Host Id: if you select the Use Filename as Alias checkbox and leave the Certificate Alias property empty, the Import Signed Certificate job step will use the host id as the certificate alias. The file name of the certificate will be <Hostid>.pem.
    • The File Naming Identifier is Station Name: if you select the Use Filename as Alias checkbox and leave the Certificate Alias property empty, the Import Signed Certificate job step will use the station name as the certificate alias. The file name of the certificate will be <StationName>.pem.
  5. In the bottom pane, Stations to include in the job, click add ().
    The Add Device window opens.
  6. Click to select the stations and click OK.
  7. To initiate the provisioning job, review your choices and click the Run Now button at the bottom of the Niagara Network Job Builder view.
    The view changes to the Niagara Network Job View, where steps and results appear as they are executed.