Linux target computer - Manual - Certificate Management - Documentation for SIMATIC AX Certificate Management. - Certificate Management,

Certificate Management CLI Tool (plc-cert)

Portfolio
SIMATIC AX
Product
Certificate Management
Software version
1.2.0
Edition
04/2025
Language
English (original)
Package Name
@ax/certificate-management-docs
  1. To verify that the zip files were not tampered during the transfer, open a terminal and run:

    sed -n 's/.*The SHA256 hash of the zip file is //p' pack-plc-cert.txt > plc-cert-portable-package.sha256
    sed -i 's/$/ plc-cert-portable-package.zip/' plc-cert-portable-package.sha256
    sha256sum -c plc-cert-portable-package.sha256
    

    This sequence must return OK.

    Finally, perform the validation steps for the .NET Runtime installer documented by Microsoft.

  2. Install the .NET Runtime.

  3. Install the Certificate Management zip file:

    unzip ./plc-cert-portable-package.zip -d ./bin-plc-cert
    chmod +x ./bin-plc-cert/plc-cert.sh
    ./bin-plc-cert/plc-cert.sh --version
    

After these installations you can start Certificate Management with ./bin-plc-cert/plc-cert.sh to execute its various commands:

./bin-plc-cert/plc-cert.sh -t 192.168.0.1