How to add Certificate in your Azure VM using Startup task

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Here are the detailed steps:

1. Create a folder name Startup in your Project

2. Add your certificate in this folder (In this case I have added MyCert.cer)

3. Create a command batch file name addcert.cmd in the same folder and as following command:

 

  certutil -addstore root Startup\MyCert.cer

If you want to delete a certificate in the startup task use the command as below:

certutil -delstore My <certificate_name>

Note: Certificate_Name can be take from CN entry. 

At this point your VS2010 project will look like as below:

 

4. Now add the following code in your Service Definition (ServiceDefinition.csdef):

 

 <Startup> <Task commandLine="Startup\AddCert.cmd" executionContext="elevated" taskType="simple"> </Task> </Startup>

That’s it!! Now you can verify the selected certificate is included in the certificate root store by RDP to your Azure VM.