Certificate Manager

The LoadRunner Certificate Manager is a wizard that enables you to manage and install CA and TLS (formally SSL) certificates on your Controller machine and on other machines with LoadRunner Professional components.

For security reasons, you need administrator privileges in order to run the Certificate Manager.

To access
On the LoadRunner Professional machine, select Windows Start menu > Micro Focus > LoadRunner Certificate Manager
Relevant tasks

Configure secure communication with TLS (SSL)

Two-way TLS (SSL) authentication

This page displays the CA Certificate currently installed on the machine, together with its expiration date.

If there is a TLS certificate linked to the CA certificate, it is displayed below, together with its expiration date.

If no LoadRunner certificates have yet been added with the Certificate Manager, this page displays the default certificates.

To change the certificate, click Change to open the Select CA certificate page.

This page enables you to manage CA certificates, and select one to install on the machine.

UI Element Description
New

Opens the Create New CA Certificate page, enabling you to add a CA certificate to the list of CA certificates. Enter the required details, and click Create.
Delete

Deletes the selected CA certificate from the list of certificates.

This also deletes any TLS certificates associated with the selected certificate.

Note: If the certificate is installed, deleting the certificate from this list does not uninstall it from the machine.
Export

Exports the selected certificate to a .cer file, enabling you to import it to other LoadRunner Professional machines.

From version 2022 R1: If you want to encrypt the private key of the certificate, specify a password for the private key.
Import

Enables you to import a CA certificate (.cer) file to your LoadRunner Professional machine.

From version 2022 R1: You can import a CA certificate without providing a private key, but you will not be able to generate new TLS certificates. To generate new TLS certificates, you must provide the CA private key.

If the CA private key is encrypted, you must provide the password. The CA private key is then imported and re-encrypted with a randomly generated password. The original password of the private key is not kept.
Next Opens the Select SSL certificate of <CA certificate> page where you can link a TLS certificate to the selected CA certificate.

This page enables you to manage TLS certificates, and select one to install on the machine.

UI Element Description
New

Opens the Create New SSL Certificate page, enabling you to link a new TLS certificate to the parent CA certificate. Enter the required details, and click Create.

Tip: The parent CA certificate is displayed below the details.

From version 2022 R1: If you did not provide the private key for the parent CA certificate, this option is disabled.
Delete

Deletes the selected certificate from the list of certificates.

Export

Saves the selected certificate to a .cer file, enabling you to import it to other LoadRunner Professional machines.

From version 2022 R1: If you want to encrypt the private key of the certificate, specify a password for the private key.
Import

Enables you to import a .cer file that contains the SSL certificate. To import the certificate you must also import the private key.

From version 2022 R1: If the private key is encrypted, you must enter the password.
Next Opens the Pre-installation summary page.

This page displays a summary of the certificates you selected to install.

Click Finish to install the certificates on the machine.

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