Installing a self-signed SSL certificate

It You should install self-signed SSL certificates in a production environment. In a production environment, an SSL certificate issued by an in-house certificate authority or issued by a third party vendor should be used.

The following step-by-step instructions describe how to install a self-signed SSL certificate manually on a client machine. It is however also possible to push out certificates using Active Directory. For more information, see the Active Directory documentation.

Note: These instructions only work with self-signed SSL certificates. They will not work with SSL certificates created by a certificate authority.

Perform these steps to install a self signed certification in Windows Vista and Windows 7:

  1. Open Microsoft Edge as an administrator. Right-click the Microsoft Edge icon and select Run as administrator.
  2. In your Microsoft Edge browser, specify the URL to the Grid over https, for example https:// server.company.com:19006. Press Enter. Note that it is important to type in the first art of the url exactly the same way as specified in the SSL certificate, for example server.company.com.
  3. Click Continue to this website (not recommended).
  4. Click Certificate Error in the address bar and then click View Certificate.
  5. Click Install Certificate.
  6. Click Next.
  7. Select Place all certificates in the following store and click Browse...
  8. The Select Certificate Store dialog is displayed. Select the Trusted Root Certification Authorities and check the Show Physical Stores and select Local Computer under Trusted Root Certification Authorities (if this is not done the certificate will only be installed for the user currently logged on).
  9. In the Select Certificate Store dialog, click OK.
  10. Click Finish.
  11. In the Security Warning dialog, click Yes to import the certificate.
  12. Close Microsoft Edge and open a new browser, specify the URL to the Grid over HTTPS.