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Update cw-windows-plain.ps1 to directly download the pfx certificate. #20

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Update cw-windows-plain.ps1 to directly download the pfx certificate.
cjhammel Mar 17, 2026
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Remove key retrieval from CertWarden
cjhammel Mar 18, 2026
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12 changes: 5 additions & 7 deletions cw-windows-plain.ps1
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Expand Up @@ -19,13 +19,14 @@ $CertSubject = "<cert subject, e.g. testing.mytld.com>"

# May need/want to edit
$TempCerts = "C:\Windows\temp\tempcerts"
$OpenSSLLocation = "C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64\bin\openssl.exe"
$PKCS12Password = "Password"

$PKCS12Password = $KeyAPIKey

# Shouldn't need to edit
$EncryptedPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $PKCS12Password -Force -AsPlainText
$CertificateAPIURL = "certwarden/api/v1/download/certificates/$CertWardenCertName"
$KeyAPIURL = "certwarden/api/v1/download/privatekeys/$KeyName"
$pfxCertificateAPIURL = "certwarden/api/v1/download/pfx/$CertWardenCertName"
$CurrentCertExpireTime = (Get-ChildItem -Path "Cert:\LocalMachine\My" | Where-Object { $_.Subject -Like "*$CertSubject"} | Sort-Object -Property NotAfter -Descending | Select-Object -First 1).NotAfter
$CertPath = "$TempCerts\certchain.crt"
$KeyPath = "$TempCerts\key.key"
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -73,16 +74,13 @@ If ($CurrentCertExpireTime -lt $wardenCert.NotAfter -Or [string]::IsNullOrWhiteS

# Get key from CertWarden
Try {
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://$Server/$KeyAPIURL" -Method GET -Headers @{"apiKey" = "$KeyAPIKey" } -OutFile "$TempCerts\key.key"
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://$Server/$pfxCertificateAPIURL" -Method GET -Headers @{"apiKey" = "$CertificateAPIKey.$KeyAPIKey" } -OutFile $PKCS12Path
}
Catch {
Write-Host "ERROR: FAILED TO GET KEY: $($_)"
Write-Host "ERROR: FAILED TO GET KEY or PFX file: $($_)"
Exit-Failed
}

# Convert the certificate and private key into a PKCS12 file
& $OpenSSLLocation pkcs12 -export -out $PKCS12Path -inkey $KeyPath -in $CertPath -passout "pass:$PKCS12Password"

# Import the PKCS12 file into the Local Machine Personal certificate store
Import-PfxCertificate -FilePath $PKCS12Path -Password $EncryptedPassword -CertStoreLocation "cert:\LocalMachine\My"

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