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Can a self signed certificate be used in an API?
The certificate must be in .pfx format. Self-signed certificates are allowed. Once the certificate is uploaded, it shows in the Client certificates. If you have many certificates, make a note of the thumbprint of the desired certificate in order to Configure an API to use a client certificate for gateway authentication.
When to use a self signed certificate for TLS?
We have a server to server communication scenario, where we would use a CA signed certificate for the TLS server authentication and would like to use a self-signed certificate for the Client authentication.
How does client certificate authentication work in SSL?
Client Certificate Authentication is a mutual certificate based authentication, where the client provides its Client Certificate to the Server to prove its identity. This happens as a part of the SSL Handshake (it is optional). What is a client certificate?
Is it possible to create self signed Certs?
Basically, you want to convince yourself that the self-signed certs you created are the only certs that will be able to establish a connection to the server. I have seen products that work this way, so it’s not entirely far-fetched, and proper security is possible, however there are a few other things to think about.
How to import a self signed server certificate?
We need to import our self signed server certificate in order to enable https communication with SSL, so click Import… Click the … and find your .pfx file, fill out the password (the -po parameter in your command batch file) and click OK
You can also share client certificates like this by installing the client certificate (and the CA Root, since we are self-signing certificate) on other users on whichever machine to gain access as long as the client certificate matches the rule criterias of the mapping.
How to use client certificate for Gateway authentication?
Configure an API to use a client certificate for gateway authentication Click APIs from the API Management menu on the left and navigate to the API. In the Design tab, click on a pencil icon of the Backend section. Change the Gateway credentials to Client cert and select your certificate from the dropdown. Click Save.