Create the Identity Server token signing certificate

Version: 10.5

Use the following PowerShell script to create the Identity Server token signing certificate:


$certificatePassword = "Test123!"

$newCert = New-SelfSignedCertificate -DnsName "localhost" -FriendlyName "Sitecore Identity Token Signing" -NotAfter (Get-Date).AddYears(5)

Export-PfxCertificate -Cert $newCert -FilePath .\SitecoreIdentityTokenSigning.pfx -Password (ConvertTo-SecureString -String $certificatePassword -Force -AsPlainText)

[System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes((Get-Item .\SitecoreIdentityTokenSigning.pfx))) | Out-File -Encoding ascii -NoNewline -Confirm -FilePath .\secrets\sitecore-identitycertificate.txt

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