Adding the Incredibuild Self-Signed Certificate to Your API Client Tool

After you have imported the Incredibuild self-signed certificate, you need to add this certificate to your API Client tool, in order to send your API requests in a secured way over HTTPS protocol.

Note: The following instructions describes how to add Incredibuild self-signed certificate to Postman.

> To add Incredibuild self-signed certificate to Postman:

1. On Postman API Client interface, click the Settings wrench button on the header toolbar and then select Settings.

   

2. Select the Certificates tab and then click Add Certificate.

   

3. On the Client Certificates > Add Certificate page:

   • Host https://: Enter the IP address or hostname of your Coordinator. In this example, win10-1 and enter the port number for API access that you previously set in the Coordinator Settings dialog box. In this example, the default port number is used – 31100.

   • PFX file: Click Select File, and load BuildService.pfx.

     Note: By default, This certificate file is located in the Incredibuild installation directory.

   • Passphrase: Enter Incredibuild.

     

4. Click Add to add the Incredibuild certificate.

   

   Note: After adding the certificate, you cannot modify the IP address/hostname of the Coordinator, or the port number allocated for the API access. If you want to change these details, remove the current certificate, and add a new certificate.  

5. As you have added a self-signed certificate, you must disable SSL certificate verification. To do this, select the General tab, and switch the SSL certificate verification option to OFF:

   

Once you added the Incredibuild self-signed certificate to your API Client tool, the next step is to configure this tool and start sending the APIs requests.