Self-Sign Certificates for ICE Desktop login
The ICE Desktop client supports the use of self-signed certificates by applying to the security context a root CA certificate file that was installed to the Windows certificate store. The root CA certificate must be in the .crt format.
Note: Other common certificate formats (for example .cer) are not supported. The entire certificate trust chain must be present in the root CA file, so, depending on how the server identity certificate was setup, one or more intermediate CA certificates may also be required, in addition to the root CA certificate.
To install a CA file for ICE Desktop
1. Download the root CA certificate file.
2. Right-click on the file and select Install Certificates.
3. Select Open.
4. Select Install for current users.
5. Place the file in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store.
6. Navigate to the certificate store: Certificates > Trusted Root Certification Authorities > Certificates.
7. Verify the certificate file is there.
8. Launch ICE Desktop. Log out, if necessary, then log in.
When opened, the desktop client queries the installed root CA certificates (system and user) and applies them to the security context. If the root CA certificate and all intermediates are present, the client will successfully connect to the ICE Server.