C# Class Microsoft.Azure.Commands.RecoveryServices.CertUtils

Class to provide methods to manage the certificates.

Public Methods

Method	Description
CreateSelfSignedCertificate ( int validForHours, string subscriptionId, string certificateNamePrefix, string issuer = DefaultIssuer, string password = DefaultPassword ) : X509Certificate2	Method to generate a self signed certificate
GetCertInBase64EncodedForm ( string certFileName ) : string	Method to get the Certificate's base 64 encoded string
NewX509Certificate2 ( byte rawData, string password, X509KeyStorageFlags keyStorageFlags, bool shouldValidatePfx ) : X509Certificate2	Provides a similar API call to new X509Certificate(byte[],string,X509KeyStorageFlags)
SerializeCert ( X509Certificate2 cert, X509ContentType contentType ) : string	Returns serialized certificate - Base64 encoded based on the content type

Method	Description
Create2048RsaKey ( ) : System.Security.Cryptography.CngKey	Windows Azure Service Management API requires 2048bit RSA keys. The private key needs to be exportable so we can save it for sharing with team members.
GenerateCertFriendlyName ( string subscriptionId, string prefix = "" ) : string	Generates friendly name

Method to generate a self signed certificate

public static CreateSelfSignedCertificate ( int validForHours, string subscriptionId, string certificateNamePrefix, string issuer = DefaultIssuer, string password = DefaultPassword ) : X509Certificate2
validForHours	int	number of hours for which the certificate is valid.
subscriptionId	string	subscriptionId in question
certificateNamePrefix	string	prefix for the certificate name
issuer	string	issuer for the certificate
password	string	certificate password
return	System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2

Method to get the Certificate's base 64 encoded string

public static GetCertInBase64EncodedForm ( string certFileName ) : string
certFileName	string	Certificate File Name
return	string

Provides a similar API call to new X509Certificate(byte[],string,X509KeyStorageFlags)

public static NewX509Certificate2 ( byte rawData, string password, X509KeyStorageFlags keyStorageFlags, bool shouldValidatePfx ) : X509Certificate2
rawData	byte	The bytes that represent the certificate
password	string	The certificate private password
keyStorageFlags	X509KeyStorageFlags	The certificate loading options
shouldValidatePfx	bool	Flag to indicate if file should validated. Set to true if the rawData is retrieved from an untrusted source.
return	System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2

Returns serialized certificate - Base64 encoded based on the content type

public static SerializeCert ( X509Certificate2 cert, X509ContentType contentType ) : string
cert	System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2	The certificate provided
contentType	X509ContentType	Cert content type
return	string