I want to use the Windows Azure Management API to scale my webservice programmatically. First I try to get my Management Certificate.
I created a new self signed cert using the makecert.exe. Its described here.
makecert -sky exchange -r -n "CN=<CertificateName>" -pe -a sha1 -len 2048 -ss My "<CertificateName>.cer"
Then I uploaded my cert to my azure subscription (this way). I really see my uploaded certificate in the new and in the previous admin portal.
Now I add the following code to my webservice
private X509Certificate2 GetX509Certificate2()
{
// The thumbprint value of the management certificate.
// You must replace the string with the thumbprint of a
// management certificate associated with your subscription.
string certThumbprint = "mythumprint...";
// Create a reference to the My certificate store.
X509Store certStore = new X509Store(StoreName.My, StoreLocation.CurrentUser);
// Try to open the store.
try
{
certStore.Open(OpenFlags.ReadOnly);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
if (e is CryptographicException)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error: The store is unreadable.");
debugTable.persist("Error: The store is unreadable.");
}
else if (e is SecurityException)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error: You don't have the required permission.");
debugTable.persist("Error: You don't have the required permission.");
}
else if (e is ArgumentException)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error: Invalid values in the store.");
debugTable.persist("Error: Invalid values in the store.");
}
else
{
debugTable.persist("Something got wrong with certificate");
return null;
}
}
// Find the certificate that matches the thumbprint.
X509Certificate2Collection certCollection = certStore.Certificates.Find(X509FindType.FindByThumbprint, certThumbprint, false);
certStore.Close();
// Check to see if our certificate was added to the collection. If no, throw an error, if yes, create a certificate using it.
if (0 == certCollection.Count)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error: No certificate found containing thumbprint " + certThumbprint);
debugTable.persist("Error: No certificate found containing thumbprint " + certThumbprint);
return null;
}
debugTable.persist("found cert");
// Create an X509Certificate2 object using our matching certificate.
X509Certificate2 certificate = certCollection[0];
return certificate;
}
The debugtable.persists() method writes the debug message into a table storage. At the end I only find these entries in my table:
"Error: No certificate found containing thumbprint " + certThumbprint
So whats wrong with my code?