SharePoint 2016 - Part Seven – Build Trust Between Workflow Manager And SharePoint Farm

Before reading this article, please go through the previous parts.

• SharePoint 2016 - Part One - Installing WorkFlow Manager
• SharePoint 2016 - Part Two - Installation Of Web Platform
• SharePoint 2016 - Part Three - Installing of Workflow Manager 1.0
• SharePoint 2016 - Part Four - Apply CU3 To Workflow Manager 1.0 CU2
• SharePoint 2016 - Part Five -Configuration Of Workflow Manager
• SharePoint 2016 - Part Six - Configuration of Workflow Manager Client
  

Now, in this wiki article, we will add the Workflow Manager 1.0 Certificate into SharePoint trust. After this step, we will avoid almost all the errors related to certificates. This is also to build trust between the Workflow Manager farm and SharePoint farm.

This is two-step process, in step one, we will export the certificate from Workflow Manager server and in the second step, we will import that certificate into SharePoint and build a trust.

Before Beginning

• Please make sure you are logged in on the server where workflow Manager has been installed with an install account.

Export the Workflow Certificate

• Login on the Server with Install account(krossfarm\kfinst)
• Open Internet Information Services(IIS) by typing the Inetmgr in the search window
• In the Internet Manager expand the Sites (on left-hand side), Click on Workflow Manager Site, and on the right-hand side under actions click on bindings
  
  
  
  
• On this Page, Select Https and Click on Edit
  
  
  
  
• On this Page Under the SSL Certificate, click on View certificates
  
  
  
  
• On this page click on Details tab
  
  
  
  
• On this page Click Copy to File
  
  
  
  
• On Welcome to the Certificate Export Wizard Click Next
  
  
  
  
• On Export Private Key page please select, No, Do not export the private key and click Next
  
  
  
  
• On export File Format page, Select Der encoded binary X.509(.cer) and click Next
  
  
  
  
• On File to export page, please select the path where certificate will be save and Click Next
  
  
  
  
• On Completing the Certificate export wizard, Click Finish
  
  
  
  
• You will get a message "the export was successful," and click Ok
  
  
  

Move the File

Now move the Certificate to the SharePoint Server.

Import Certificate into SharePoint

• Now Login on the SharePoint Server with Farm Admin account
  
• Open the Central Admin Site
• Click on Security and Click on Trust on right-hand side
  
  
  
  
• On Trust page Click on New
  
  
  
  
• On Establish Trust Relationship Page enter the following information
  
  
  • Name of the Certificate
  • Path of Certificate( where you save the certificate)
  • Click Ok.
    
    
    
    
• You will see your certificate added.
  
  
  

That's it, we successfully built the trust. Now move to the next step and register the workflow Proxy.