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As mentioned in the basic setup above, the Web Manager uses an automatically generated certificate by default in order to access the Web Manager using https.
However, if you want to use a custom certificate for the web manager, for example when accessing the Web Manager externally, change do the configuration as followsfollowing:

  • To import a certificate or determine where a certificate you want to use is located, open the windows certificate manager (Press the windows key or click the windows button in the taskbar, enter "certmgr" and open the certificate manager)



  • Select the desired store (for example Personal\Certificates)



  • Double click the certificate you want to use (for example localhost)
  • Select the "Details" tab and note the subject name of the certificate.



  • Open the configuration file and remove the start and end of the comment ("<!–" and "-->") in the certificate section so that it looks like this:



  • Use "storename" and "subject" to point to the certificate you just opened.
  • As "storename", use the identifier of the certificate's store (For for example "My" is the identifier of the store Personal\Certificates), which can be one of the following:
    Have a look at the official documentation to learn more about this topic.


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