Generating Certificates

See step-by-step instructions for generating certificates to be used for certificate based authentication here.

Add Root Certificate to IoT Hub

  • On the IoT Hub resource Overview page, click “Certificates” menu on the left blade, and click the “Add” button.
  • Give a certificate name (eg. MyOrg RootCertificate) and import the ca.pem file from your iotcerts/ca folder. Check the “Set certificate status to verified on upload” checkbox and click Save.

Add device certificates to Azure Injector IoT Hub configuration

Navigate to the Azure Injector > Settings > Azure IoT Hubs > Certificates and add the certificates as shown below:

Friendly NameCertificate FilenameFile DescriptionFile Location
CACertificate


DeviceCertificateCertDevice.pemDevice Certificateiotcerts/certs/device/CertDevice.pem
DeviceKeyCertDevice.keyDevice Private Keyiotcerts/certs/device/CertDevice.key

Update the Azure Injector > Settings > Azure IoT Hubs > Settings configuration to use the certificates as shown below. Note : the certificates created do not use a Password

Verify the connection is established as shown by the Status on the Azure Injector > Settings > Azure IoT Hubs view




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