Question:
Using the New-SelfSignedCertificate cmdlet, I want to specify the location on my harddrive as C:\Development\My Project. This command:
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New-SelfSignedCertificate -CertStoreLocation "cert:\LocalMachine\Development\My Project" |
gives this error:
Cannot find path ‘Cert:\LocalMachine\Development\My Project’ because
it does not exist.
How do I do this?
Answer:
The path that you specify for New-SelfSignedCertificate -CertStoreLocation is a certificate store, not a file path. What you will most likely want to do is specify cert:\LocalMachine\my which will create the certificate in your personal store, and then export that certificate to a file on the hard drive if you need it in file form. Something like this should work for that:
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$notAfter = [datetime]::Today.AddYears(2) $thumb = (New-SelfSignedCertificate -CertStoreLocation cert:\localmachine\my -DnsName $env:USERDNSDOMAIN -KeyExportPolicy Exportable -Provider "Microsoft Enhanced RSA and AES Cryptographic Provider" -NotAfter $notAfter).Thumbprint $pwd = 'SuperS3cret!' $SSpwd = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $pwd -Force -AsPlainText Export-PfxCertificate -cert "cert:\localmachine\my\$thumb" -FilePath "C:\Development\My Project\MyDevCert.pfx" -Password $SSpwd |