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Code signing .Net assemblies
Build Engineer Certificate creation and refresh, developers shouldn't follow these steps Navigate to Verisign's site and run a utility which creates a local .pvk file. Verisign later emails an .spc file. These two files should be copied to every build machine. These steps should be followed when certificates are refreshed or created.
- These steps need to be performed one time on a single build server.
- Create a PKCS #12 certificate (.pfx file) using the Verisign supplied .pvk and .spc.
- Logon to Build server
- Start->Visual Studio 2005->Visual Studio tools->Visual Studio 2005 command prompt.
- cd /d c:\certs
- pvkimprt -pfx pccarekey.spc pccarekey.pvk
- Here's the microsoft site to download the pvkimprt utility.
- Certificate export wizard->Select Yes export private key
- Chose Personal Information exchange->check Enable strong name protection. Uncheck others.
- For password, enter desired password.
- File to export->pccarekey.pfx
- Copy pccarekey.pfx to EVERY build server and place in the same location where the .spc and .pvk file reside.
These steps need to be performed one time on a single build server.
Create a PKCS #12 certificate (.pfx file) using the Verisign supplied .pvk and .spc.
Logon to Build server
Start->Visual Studio 2005->Visual Studio tools->Visual Studio 2005 command prompt.
cd /d c:\certs
pvkimprt -pfx pccarekey.spc pccarekey.pvk
Here's the microsoft site to download the pvkimprt utility.
Certificate export wizard->Select Yes export private key
Chose Personal Information exchange->check Enable strong name protection. Uncheck others.
For password, enter desired password.
File to export->pccarekey.pfx
Copy pccarekey.pfx to EVERY build server and place in the same location where the .spc and .pvk file reside.
The following steps must be executed by each build manager on every machine they use. This must be done for every build manager because the certs are stored in the users personal store. MMC->Console->Add/Remove snap in->Add->Certificates->Add->My User Account->Finish->Close->OK
Open Certificates->Personal->certificates
Delete any existing certs named "PcCare".
Right click mouse in right hand pane->All tasks->Import->Browse->pccarekey.pfx (from above step)
Password from above->Uncheck enable strong name protection and Mark private key as exportable->Next->Place all certificates in following store->personal->Next
Certificate store->Place certificate in following store->personal->Finish->OK
You should see the PcCare certificate, Double click it.
The following steps should be performed a single time, they are not required on every build workstation or for every build manager.
These steps update Visual Studion 2005 to use the new certs thumbprint
From MMC open on the last step 20, Select details tab->Thumbprint-> copy entire number that looks like this, 074A 2F78 4E2B 89E3 1378 8D17 4A6E into the clipboard.
Open Notepad and paste the number you just copied.
Edit the number in notepad and remove all space characters, should look like this:
Copy this number back into the clipboard
Check .csproj out of clearcase
Start->Programs->Visual Studio 2005->Microsoft Visual Studio 2005->File->Open->PRoject/Solution->PcCare.csproj
Menu->Project->PcCare properties->Build->configuration->Release
Menu->Project->PcCare properties->Signing->Select from store->PcCare->OK
Menu->File->Save ALL
Code signing best practices
MMC->Console->Add/Remove snap in->Add->Certificates->Add->My User Account->Finish->Close->OK
Open Certificates->Personal->certificates
Delete any existing certs named "PcCare".
Right click mouse in right hand pane->All tasks->Import->Browse->pccarekey.pfx (from above step)
Password from above->Uncheck enable strong name protection and Mark private key as exportable->Next->Place all certificates in following store->personal->Next
Certificate store->Place certificate in following store->personal->Finish->OK
You should see the PcCare certificate, Double click it.
The following steps should be performed a single time, they are not required on every build workstation or for every build manager.
From MMC open on the last step 20, Select details tab->Thumbprint-> copy entire number that looks like this, 074A 2F78 4E2B 89E3 1378 8D17 4A6E into the clipboard.
Open Notepad and paste the number you just copied.
Edit the number in notepad and remove all space characters, should look like this:
Copy this number back into the clipboard
Check .csproj out of clearcase
Start->Programs->Visual Studio 2005->Microsoft Visual Studio 2005->File->Open->PRoject/Solution->PcCare.csproj
Menu->Project->PcCare properties->Build->configuration->Release
Menu->Project->PcCare properties->Signing->Select from store->PcCare->OK
Menu->File->Save ALL
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