Generating a FCS Certificate

Before deploying Weight and Balance on your Semantic Graph Index kit and instance for the first time, you must generate the FCS Certificate file (.cer).

  1. In a MQL (Matrix Query Language) window, enter: 
    MQL <1> list store;
MQL <2> print store STORE select fcsurl;

    A character string appears, containing an URL (https://...).

  2. Copy the URL in the Google Chrome web browser for example.
  3. Click the lock symbol next to the URL.
  4. Click the Details hyperlink.
    The web page is updated with a Security Overview.
  5. Click View Certificate.
    The Certificate dialog box is displayed.
  6. Select the Details tab, containing all the certificate details (version, serial number, ...), and click Copy to File....
    The Certificate Export Wizard window appears.
  7. Select the DER encoded binary X.509 (.cer) format.
    The FCS certificate file is stored on the disk.
    Note: The .cer file is usually valid for two years.