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Update Certificates Windows 7
If a chain ends up in root certificate which is part of the Root Program but is not present in the list of trusted roots currently on the machine, Windows downloads the appropriate root certificate directly from Windows Update. The full process for all versions of the OS is described in a KB article. I’m not going to rehash the explanation of. Apr 09, 2020 The Windows Root Certificate Program enables trusted root certificates to be distributed automatically in Windows. Usually, a client computer polls root certificate updates one time a week. After you apply this update, the client computer can receive urgent root certificate updates within 24 hours. Renew an Expired Certificate. If the SSL certificate of your Secure Remote Access Appliance is about to expire, you must renew it following the instructions below. If you need to replace an existing certificate with one from another certificate authority, please see Re-key or Re-issue an SSL Certificate. Support for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) ends on July 12, 2011. To continue receiving security updates for Windows, make sure you're running Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 (SP2). For more information, refer to this Microsoft web page: Support is ending for some versions of Windows.
Internet Explorer
Because of the tight integration of the Microsoft products, you must import your digital certificate into Internet Explorer (even if you do not use Internet Explorer as your default browser) before you use the digital certificate in your Microsoft Office products. These instructions cover the supported versions of Internet Explorer, versions 9 through 11. There may be some variations between versions, but the window and button names will be the same. To install the digital certificate in Internet Explorer:
- Open Internet Explorer.
- Click on “Tools” on the toolbar and select “Internet Options”. If the toolbar is not visible, click the “gear” in the upper-right-hand corner and select “Internet Options”.
- Select the “Content” tab.
- Click the “Certificates” button. Select the “Personal” tab and click the “Import …” button.
- In the “Certificate Import Wizard” window, click the “Next” button to start the wizard.
- Click the “Browse…” button.
- Go to the location where you stored your digital certificate and make sure the button next to “File name:” shows “Personal Information Exchange (*.pfx;*.p12)” is selected.
- Select the filename you saved the certificate as and click the “Open” button.
- Ensure the filename is correct and click the “Next” button in the “Certificate Import Wizard” window.
- Enter the PIN or password you used to download the certificate in the “Password:” text box, and ensure the second and third check boxes are selected, then click the “Next” button.
- Make sure the button next to “Place all certificates in the following store”is selected and “Personal” is selected for the “Certificate store:” window. Click the “Next”button.
- In the window “Completing the Certificate Import Wizard”, verify your information and click the “Finish” button.
- You will get a notification window if all steps have been performed properly. Click the “OK” button.
- Your certificate should now be in the “Certificates” window under the “Personal” tab. Click the “Close” button to close the “Certificates” window.
- Click the “OK” button to close the “Internet Options” window. Your digital certificate is now part of Internet Explorer.
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Firefox
If you use Firefox as your default browser, you can install the digital certificate into Firefox even though you’ve installed it in Internet Explorer. These instructions are for Firefox 36. To install the digital certificate in Firefox:
- Open Firefox.
- Click “Tools” on the toolbar in the upper-left-hand corner.
- In the pulldown menu, click “Options”.
- In the “Options” window, click the “Certificates” tab.
- In the “Certificates” pane, click the “View Certificates” button. In the “Certificate Manager” window, click the “Import…” button.
- When the “Certificate File to Import” window appears, go to the location where you stored your digital certificate and ensure the file type pulldown menu has “PKCS12 Files (*.p12;*.pfx)” selected.
- Select your digital certificate file and click the “Open” button.
- When the “Password Entry Dialog” window appears, enter the PIN/password you used when downloading your digital certificate and click the “OK” button.
- An “Alert” window will appear showing the certificate has been successfully installed. Click the “OK” button.
- Your digital certificate will now appear in the “Your Certificates” tab of the “Certificate Manager” window. Click the “OK” button.
- Click the “OK” button to close the “Options” window. Your certificate is now installed in Firefox.
Update Certificates Windows
Important
This version of Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) has reached the end of support, we recommend you to upgrade to VMM 2019.
Network controller (NC) uses a certificate for Northbound communication with REST clients (such as VMM) and Southbound communication with Hyper-V hosts and software load balancers.
You can change or update this certificate in the following scenarios, after you deploy the NC.
- The certificate has expired
- You want to move from a self-signed certificate to a certificate that is issued by a certificate authority (CA).NoteIf you renew the existing certificate with the same key, these steps are not required.
Before you start
Make sure you create a new SSL certificate with existing network controller's REST name. Learn more.
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Update the server certificate
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- If the certificate is self-signed, do the following:
- Certificate with private key - Export the certificate and import it on all the NC nodes' My store.
- Certificate without a private key - Export the certificate and import it on all the NC nodes' Root store.
- If the certificate is a CA issued certificate, import it in all network controller nodes' My store.NoteDO NOT remove the current certificate from the NC nodes. You should validate the updated certificate before you remove the existing one. Proceed with rest of the steps to update the certificate.
- Update the server certificate by executing the following PowerShell command on one of the NC nodes.
- Update the certificate used for encrypting the credentials stored in the NC by executing the following command on one of the NC nodes.
- Retrieve a server REST resource by executing the following PowerShell command on one of the NC nodes.
- In the Server REST resource, navigate to the Credentials object and check the credential of type X509Certificate with a value matching your certificate's thumbprint. Note the credential resource ID.
- Update the credential REST resource of type X509Certificate retrieved above with the thumbprint of the new certificate.Execute these PowerShell cmdlet on any of the NC Node.
- If the new certificate is a self-signed certificate, provision the certificate (without the private key) in the trusted root certificate store of all the Hyper-V hosts and software load balancer MUX virtual machines.
- Provision the NC certificate (without the private key) in the trusted root certificate store of the VMM machine using the following PowerShell cmdlet:
- NetworkService is the network controller service, Certificate is the new NC server certificate.
- ProvisionSelfSignedCertificatesforNetworkService is $true if you are updating to a self-signed certificate.
- Verify that the connectivity is working fine with the updated certificate.You can now remove the previous certificate from the NC nodes.
Next steps
Validate the NC deployment to ensure that the deployment is successful.