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Create the following folder structure on your local drive to hold the various certificates in the hierarchy that we will be generating:

iotcerts/
├── rootcaca/
└── certs/
│     ├── device/

These are the steps that need to be completed for the certificate hierarchy:

• Generate Root CA

• Generate Client certificate signed with the Root CA’s private key

Create Root Certificate

1. Generate a private key file (ca.key) for the Root CA using the command below. You may choose to enter a passphrase to be associated with the ca.key file as well.

   Tip
   Make note of this passphrase if you set one for the Root CA private key file (ca.key) as it will be used multiple times.

   
   

   Code Block
   openssl genrsa -des3 -out ca/ca.key 4096

   
   

2. Generate a self-signed certificate (ca.crt) for the Root CA using the command below. This command generates a new self-signed X.509 certificate named "ca.crt" valid for 3650 days (10 years) using the RSA private key "ca.key". You will be required to enter the pass phrase associated with the private key file "ca.key". 

   openssl req -new -x509 -key ca/ca.key -days 3650 -out ca/ca.crt

   There are a number of fields associated with the creation of the certificate. Fill them out with your relevant details.
   Example CA Creation

   $ openssl req -new -x509 -key ca/ca.key -days 3650 -out ca/ca.crt Enter pass phrase for ca/ca.key: You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated into your certificate request. What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN. There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank For some fields there will be a default value, If you enter '.', the field will be left blank. ----- Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:US State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:KS Locality Name (eg, city) []:Stilwell Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:Cirrus Link Solutions Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:Support Common Name (e.g. server FQDN or YOUR name) []:CLS Example Root CA   Email Address []: $

   
   

You should have the following files created: 

chariotcerts/
├── ca/
   ├── ca.crt
   ├── ca.key

Depending on the version of openSSL that you are using, you may see additional .srl files created which contain the signed certificate's unique serial number. These files are not used directly by the modules and not included in the certificate hierachy displayed above. 

Create Client (Device) Certificate

Import Server Configuration to IoT Hub

On the IoT Hub resource Overview page, click “Certificates” menu on the left blade, and click the “Add” button.

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