Define SQL Server Certificates
Use the SQL Server Certificate Editor to define the attributes for a security key in a SQL Server physical model.
To define SQL Server certificates
- Click Target - SQL Server, Security, Certificates on the Model menu.
The SQL Server Certificate Editor opens.
- Select the certificate in the Navigation Grid that you want to define and work with the following options:
Click New
on the toolbar to create a new certificate. Use the Enter filter text box to filter a very large list of certificates to quickly locate the one that you want to define.
- Name
Displays the certificate name. You can change the certificate name in this field.
- Authorization
Specifies the name of the user that owns the certificate. Select a name from the drop-down list.
- Database
Specifies the database in which the certificate resides.
- Generate
Generates SQL during forward engineering. Clear the check box if you do not want to generate SQL.
- Click the General tab and work with the following options:
- Assembly
Specifies the assembly to use. Select an assembly from the drop-down list.
Click New
to open the SQL Server Assembly Editor to add a new assembly.
- Executable File
Specifies an executable name property to indicate the complete path to a DER-encoded file that contains the certificate.
Click New
to open the SQL Server File Editor to add a new executable file type.
- Is Private Key
Specifies to use the private key of the certificate, if the certificate is being created from a file.
- Private Key File
Specifies the private key file path.
Click New
to open the SQL Server File Editor to add a new file type.
- Certificate Subject
Defines text that refers to a field in the metadata of the certificate as defined in the X.509 standard.
- Start Date
Defines the start date of when the certificate becomes valid.
- Expiration Date
Defines the certificate expiration date.
- Active for Begin Dialog
Specifies to make the certificate available to the initiator of a Service Broker dialog conversation.
- Click the Permission tab to define the permissions for the certificate.
- (Optional) Click the Comment tab and enter any comments that you want to associate with the object.
- (Optional) Click the Where Used tab to view where the object is used within the model.
- (Optional) Click the UDPtab to work with user-defined properties for the object.
- (Optional) Click the Notestab to view and edit user notes.
- (Optional) Click the Extended Notes tab to view or edit user notes.
- Click Close.
The certificate is defined and the SQL Server Certificate Editor closes.
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