Platform Certificate Management (platCrypto-CertManagerService)

This view is the Certificate Management platform view on any Niagara host and the default view of the CertManagerService under a station’s PlatformServices. Using this view you can create digital certificates and certificate signing requests (CSRs), and to import and export keys and certificates to and from the Workbench, platform and station stores.

Figure 1. Certificate Management view for “localhost”


To access this view for the localhost stores, connect to the platform, expand Platform and double-click Certificate Management or, in the station, expand Config > Services > PlatformServices and double-click CertManagerService.

Increasing the key store size limit

Under My Host > My File System > Sys Home > defaults > system.properties, you can increase the size limits of the key stores from the default value of 500 using the following properties:

  • niagara.crypto.maxKeyStoreEntries=500

  • niagara.crypto.maxUserTrustStoreEntries= 500

  • niagara.crypto.maxExemptionStoreEntries= 500

Note: Be aware that a larger value may overload the Niagara daemon or station.

You enable the properties by removing the # symbol in front of the property. A station must be restarted before changes to system.properties take effect.

If you are viewing this topic from a guide other than the Niagara Station Security Guide, refer to the Niagara Station Security Guide for more information.