Installing SSL Self-Signed Certificate

This section describes the necessary steps for installing SSL self-signed certificate. This procedure is required when you are using Self-signed Certificate to secure your communication, and you try to connect to the Control Service from a remote machine in order to open the Overview page.

Installing self-signed certificate

1. On the remote machine, open Internet Explorer. On the Address box, enter the Control Service Host Name and Port No. as follows: https://host_name:port_no/start_page.aspx
2. Note: You can not use here the IP address of the Control Service.
3. A Security Alert appears, asking you whether you want to view the certificate.
2. Click the View Certificate button.
3. The Certificate dialog appears:
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3. To locally install the certificate, click the Install Certificate button.
4. The Certificate Import Wizard appears:
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4. Click Next. The Certificate Store page appears:
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5. Select the Place all certificates in the following store option button, and click the Browse button.
6. The Select Certificate Store dialog appears:
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6. Select the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store, and click OK.
7. The Completing the Certificate ImportWizard page appears:
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7. Click Finish to complete the certificate import.
8. A confirmation message appears asking you to confirm the certificate installation.
8. Click Yes. A message appears, informing you of the import success:
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9. Click OK to close the message. Then, on the Certificate dialog click OK to close it.
10. You can now connect to the Control Service machine and open the Overview page.