Certificates in practice Procedures and tools for creating, importing, and viewing certificates and keys. The OpenSSL (openssl) toolThe openssl command line tool creates certificates for the configuration of secured communications.Create a root certificate authorityGenerate a root certificate authority that signs a client certificate. Create a certificate authorityIn this procedure you create a certificate authority.Create a certificateThis procedure allows you to create a certificate.Create a certificate authority listThis procedure allows you to create a certificate authority list using the openssl command.Import a certificate and its private key into the Windows key storeThis procedure allows you to import a certificate and its private key.Import a certificate authority into the Windows key storeThis procedure allows you to import a certificate authority.View a certificateThis procedure allows you to view a certificate using the openssl command.