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Creating a client certificate

If you want to establish the connection to Insights Hub, you need a client certificate. You can create this in two ways:

  • If you have your own CA, you can upload it to Insights Hub. Then, use your own certificate infrastructure to generate certificates.
  • If you do not have your own CA, create the client certificate in Insights Hub.

Procedure

To create a client certificate, please follow these steps:

  1. Open a browser and enter the following URL:
    https://<tenantname>-assetmanager.eu1.mindsphere.io/home

    Individual URL

    Enter your individual tenant name in the URL.

  2. Open the "Connectivity > MQTT Certificates" tab:

  3. Click "Get a new certificate".
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  4. Click "Generate Certificate".
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  5. Assign a name for the client certificate, e.g. "ClientCertificate".

    Naming system

    The names of the generated certificate and the associated key file are formed according to the following scheme: "<tenantname>_<certificatename>"

    For example, if the tenant name of your Insights Hub is "wccdev" and you assign the name "ClientCertificate", the names of the created files are as follows:

    • Key file: "wccdev_ClientCertificate.key"
    • Certificate: "wccdev_ClientCertificate.pem"

    "Certificate name" vs. "Device name"

    To successfully establish a connection to Insights Hub, the entry in the "Certificate name" field must exactly match the content of the "Device Name" field in the "Aggregate to" dialog in the Common Configurator.

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  6. Click "Create & Download".

Result

You created and downloaded the certificate and the key file.

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