Service Bus for Windows Server - Automatic Certificate Deployment on the Client

Question

In my project, we use the service bus for Windows Server (version 1.1). We use it on a local network. Minimal configuration: one client uses the service bus, and the main server also uses the service bus.

At the moment, we export certificates for clients manually. We follow the procedure written on this page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj192993(v=azure.10).aspx

Now we are developing an installation program. And we want to automate this procedure. Installing the ServiceBus service is ok thanks to the scripts, but now we need to generate the certificates from the server machine, copy them to the client machine and deploy these certificates.

My first question is: do we really need these certificates? Because the application will only work on the local network. If so, then my second question is: did you know the procedure for automatically deploying these certificates?

Perhaps the first good thing is to use our own certificates, and we should integrate into the installer. But if possible, we should use these certifcats in the "ServiceBus" installation scripts.

Thank.

Answer 1

No, you do not need to deploy certificates - if you do not need mutual authentication: fooobar.com/questions/382038 / ...