Difference between revisions of "Exporting a client certificate on macOS"
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''Safari'' and ''Chrome'' on uses the infrastructure present in the ''OS X'' operating system for certificate storage and retrieval, so in order to export a certificate you need to use the ''Keychain Access'' interface to manipulate and export certificates. | ''Safari'' and ''Chrome'' on uses the infrastructure present in the ''OS X'' operating system for certificate storage and retrieval, so in order to export a certificate you need to use the ''Keychain Access'' interface to manipulate and export certificates. | ||
| − | Launch ''Keychain Access'', select the certificate to export. | + | * Launch ''Keychain Access'', select the certificate to export. |
[[File:cert_export-keychain-1.png|300px]] | [[File:cert_export-keychain-1.png|300px]] | ||
| − | In the context menu, select ''Export''. | + | * In the context menu, select ''Export''. |
[[File:cert_export-keychain-2.png|300px]] | [[File:cert_export-keychain-2.png|300px]] | ||
| − | Enter a name for the certificate file and select a location for it. Ensure that the File Format is ''Personal Information Exchange (.p12)''. | + | * Enter a name for the certificate file and select a location for it. Ensure that the File Format is ''Personal Information Exchange (.p12)''. |
[[File:cert_export-keychain-3.png|300px]] | [[File:cert_export-keychain-3.png|300px]] | ||
| − | Enter and remember a password to protect the file with, you'll need this to access it later. | + | * Enter and remember a password to protect the file with, you'll need this to access it later. |
Revision as of 12:59, 20 March 2013
Safari and Chrome on uses the infrastructure present in the OS X operating system for certificate storage and retrieval, so in order to export a certificate you need to use the Keychain Access interface to manipulate and export certificates.
- Launch Keychain Access, select the certificate to export.
- In the context menu, select Export.
- Enter a name for the certificate file and select a location for it. Ensure that the File Format is Personal Information Exchange (.p12).
- Enter and remember a password to protect the file with, you'll need this to access it later.
