Enabling Signed Configurations

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This Configuration Builder component builds the updated configuration sections that are obtained from the database. You can use the component to sign XML configuration files.

To enable signed configuration files:

  1. Create a method in your project to read the certificate name and the certificate serial number from the configuration file.
  2. Retrieve the certificate from the local database.
  3. Create a new signed XML configuration file by loading the configuration file. Use the InitializeConfigurationStorage method to load a configuration file and sign it. (string applicationName, bool shouldSign, params string[] assertions)
  4. Add Transform and compute signature to the file.
  5. Append the signature to the document. You can use the UpdateConfigurationFile procedure to append signature to the document.