How do I reference an SSL cert from within Azure

Question

I've uploaded a SSL cert to Azure for use in a mutual auth call to a SOAP service. However I simply cannot find it in any store or location.

      <clientCredentials>
        <clientCertificate findValue="F1F12265ABCDE9E23941234583E2668B09876B2"
             storeLocation="LocalMachine"
                            storeName="CertificateAuthority"
             x509FindType="FindByThumbprint" />
      </clientCredentials>

I've tried a number of different stores but repeated get the same error:

Cannot find the X.509 certificate using the following search criteria:
StoreName 'My', StoreLocation 'LocalMachine', FindType 'FindByThumbprint',
FindValue 'F1F12265ABCDE9E23941234583E2668B09876B2'.

Can anyone help? I've been stuck on this now for a few hours trying different combinations and googling. Seems it simply cannot see it.

'My' on 'LocalMachine' sounds about right. The certificate has been correctly uploaded through the portal and is present in the csdef/cscfg? Have you tried remoting to the machine to check if it is actually present? — Simon Opelt
Could it be because you're instructing Windows Azure to install it in CertificateAuthority store and searching for it in My store? — Gaurav Mantri

nealkernohan nealkernohan · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-23T15:13:29

Thanks Simon, I'm not sure why I cannot comment on your comment, but thank you. Indeed I had added a certificate into the csdef when I was adding https to our own service (which we no longer needed) and had inadvertently deleted the reference to the certificate to be used for mutual auth.

How do I reference an SSL cert from within Azure

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