Setting up Remote Certificate Authentication

If you want to use Remote Certificate Authentication for API calls, you need to configure Trust Protection Platform and IIS.

During installation, the VEDAuth server, also known as the Trust Protection Platform Authentication Server, automatically enables as an IIS service. This service manages certificate authentication and issues bearer access tokens.

To set up Remote Certificate Authentication

1. Enable Web SDK access. For more information, see Configuring various authentication methods for OAuth token authorization.

2. Configure IIS Manager to accept certificate authentication for Remote Web SDK clients. For more information, see Setting up certificate authentication for web console.
3. Restart IIS.
4. Set up Token Authorization. For more information, see Setting up access token authentication.

5. From the REST API tool, make an Authorize call to get a token.