Custom Truststore

AssetExplorer adopts custom truststore to support untrusted SSL certificates and self-signed certificates.

Earlier, whenever AssetExplorer remote server tries to connect with AssetExplorer central server, the authenticity of the server will be validated using the certificate stored in the default truststore (cacerts) and if the certificate is not authorized, the connection will not be established. Now with custom truststore, if the certificate is not authorized, the administrator can proceed to trust the certificate and establish connection.

How Custom Truststore Works

While connecting AssetExplorer remote server with central server, the application triggers a warning as shown in the below screenshot if the certificate is not authorized.

 

1. The administrator can proceed to trust the certificate. Then, AssetExplorer remote server will create a custom truststore and store the security certificate provided by the central server.
   
2. After storing the certificate in the custom truststore, the authenticity of the central server is verified and connection is established.
   

If the central server certificate is changed, the truststore should be updated in order to avoid PKIX-Path-Build connection failure. 

If the details used for establishing connection is modified after creating the custom truststore, the certificate stored in the custom truststore will be removed and the authenticity will be verified again. 

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