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- Launch Windows Powershell as administrator.
Create your certificate by running the following command. Leave the PowerShell console session open.
Code Block language powershell $certName = "{certificateName}" ## Replace {certificateName}
Tip Replace
{certificateName}
with the name that you will use to access the Idera IDERA Dashboard. For example, if you are using thehttps://ComputerName:9291
link to access Idera IDERA Dashboard, then useComputerName
. In case, you are using thehttps://ComputerName.Domain.com:9291
address then useComputername.Domain.com
.Run the following command to configure your certificate settings.
Code Block language powershell $Params = @{ "DnsName" = @($certName,"{certificateName}") ## If you want to include other addresses or servers, you must separate each with a comma "CertStoreLocation" = "Cert:LocalMachine\My" "KeyExportPolicy" = "Exportable" "KeySpec" = "Signature" "KeyUsage" = @("KeyEncipherment","DigitalSignature") "KeyAlgorithm" = "RSA" "KeyLength" = "2048" "HashAlgorithm" = "SHA256" "NotAfter" = (Get-Date).AddYears(10) } ## Checks for asterisks in the $certName and replaces it with the underscore character If ($certName.Contains("*")) { $certName = $certName -replace '\*','_' }
Note Replace
{certificateName}
with the certificate name you previously defined in Step 2.Tip Change the
NotAfter
parameter value to make your certificate valid for a more extended period.Run the command below to create your certificate defined with the parameters above.
Code Block $cert = New-SelfSignedCertificate @Params
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- Download the free KeyStore Explorer utility from
and install it.Newtab2 alias http://keystore-explorer.org/ url http://keystore-explorer.org/ - Open KeyStore Explorer as administrator. KeyStore Explorer displays the following Quick Start options. On launch, it may ask you to download an updated Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) Unlimited Strength file.
- Click Open an existing KeyStore.
- Browse to the IDERA Dashboard conf directory, the default path is
C:\Program Files\Idera\Dashboard\WebApplication\conf
, and open the keystore file. - On the Unlock KeyStore dialog, enter "password" and then click OK.
- KeyStore Explorer displays a list of any existing certificates. Delete the existing key and click the Import Key Pair.
- Select PKCS #12 as the type of key you want to import, and click OK
- Look for the key you created steps above, in this case,
windev2302eval.pfx.
click Choose. - Select an alias for your key, and click OK.
- In Enter New Password type "password", confirm, and click OK.
- When the configuration is completed the following message pops up, click OK.
- Return to the main KeyStore Explorer window, save your configuration, and close the application.
- Close all the opened browsers.
- Restart the Idera Dashboard Core Service and Idera Dashboard Web Application Service.
- Access to the Idera IDERA Dashboard with the following link
https://<{certificateName}>:9291 .
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