Digital certificates overview

The digital certificates feature enables you to run tests against servers that use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for applications that require client-side digital certificates to authenticate users.

A digital certificate is a file that binds a public cryptographic key with an identity (a user or an organization). Trusted certificate authorities issue digital certificates, which are then used to authenticate users and organizations for access to websites, email servers, and other secure systems. A certificate store is an archive file containing almost any number of digital certificates, possibly certificates that are issued from different certificate authorities.

To use digital certificates in tests:

1. Create a digital certificate store. For more information about this subject, see Digital certificate creation overview and Create a digital certificate store.
2. Record a test that requires that you use a digital certificate. For more information about this subject, see Record a test with digital certificates.

3. Associate a digital certificate with a test for playback. For more information about this subject, see Play back a test with a digital certificate.

4. Optionally, you can associate the digital certificates in one or more digital certificate stores with a datapool. For more information about this subject, see Use a digital certificate store with a datapool.

Create a certificate store by running the supplied KeyTool command-line program. The program creates a certificate store containing digital certificates.

Record a test that requires using a digital certificate. Specify the certificate and password that to use, and then begin recording the test. Browse the website as you typically would to record a test.

After you have finished recording, open the test for editing. On the Common Options page, under Digital Certificates, click Add. Type the name of the certificate store that you created previously; then select the certificate to use. Save the test. When you run this test, the digital certificate from the certificate store is submitted to the server.

To use a certificate store with a datapool, open the test for editing. On the Common Options page, click Add Datapool. Create a datapool with two columns containing a list of the certificates in the certificate store and a list of passphrases for the certificates. Select Fetch only once per user. Save the datapool. On the Common Options page, under Digital Certificates, click Add. Select the certificate store that you created previously from the Certificate Store column. Insert a Certificate Name for the digital certificate. Highlight this name, and then select Substitute from datapool. Choose the datapool added previously, and then choose the column with the certificate name. Repeat this process to substitute passphrases from the datapool column containing passphrases. Save the test. Add the test to a schedule. When you run this schedule, the certificates from the certificate store are submitted to the server.

• Digital certificate creation overview
  To use digital certificates to run tests against applications that require client-side digital certificates to authenticate users, work with the appropriate server administrators to determine the types of certificates that you need to create.
• Create a digital certificate with OpenSSL
  You can use the OpenSSL program to create digital certificates for use with tests.
• Create a digital certificate store
  The KeyTool command-line program enables you to create a Rational Certificate Store (RCS) file containing digital certificates for use with tests. A Rational Certificate Store (RCS) file is a compressed archive file containing one or more PKCS#12 certificates. You can also use the KeyTool program to remove certificates from a certificate store.
• Record a test with digital certificates
  The test creation wizard starts when you record a test. This wizard combines these actions: recording a session with a web application, generating a test from the recording, and opening the test in the test editor. You can record a test from Internet Explorer (the default for the Windows operating system) or from another browser.
• Play back a test with a digital certificate
  After you have created a digital certificate store and recorded a test using a digital certificate, you must associate a digital certificate with the test for playback.
• Entrust TruePass authentication overview
  Entrust provides digital identity and encryption technologies to governments and private industry. With Entrust TruePass software users can authenticate with secure web applications without installing a digital certificate in their browsers. This makes it convenient for use in kiosks and other public user environments.

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