NAME
Get-PfxCertificate
SYNOPSIS
Gets information about .pfx Certificate files on the computer.
SYNTAX
Get-PfxCertificate [-FilePath] <string[]> [<CommonParameters>]
DESCRIPTION
The Get-PfxCertificate cmdlet gets an object representing each specified .pfx Certificate file. A .pfx file includes both the Certificate and a private key.
PARAMETERS
-FilePath <string[]>
The full path to the .pfx file of the secured file. The parameter name (“FilePath”) is optional.
Required? true
Position? 1
Default value
Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters? false
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer and OutVariable. For more information, type,
“Get-Help about_CommonParameters“.
INPUTS
System.String
You can pipe a string that contains a file path to Get-PfxCertificate.
OUTPUTS
System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates
Get-PfxCertificate returns an object for each Certificate that it gets.
NOTES
When using the Invoke-Command cmdlet to run a Get-PfxCertificate command remotely, and the .pfx Certificate file is not password protected, the value of the Authentication parameter of Invoke-Command must be “CredSSP”.
————————– EXAMPLE 1 ————————–
C:\PS>Get-PfxCertificate -FilePath C:\windows\system32\Test.pfx
Password: ******
Signer Certificate: Matt Berg (Self Certificate)
Time Certificate:
Time Stamp:
Path: C:\windows\system32\zap.pfx
Description
———–
This command gets information about the Test.pfx Certificate on the system.
————————– EXAMPLE 2 ————————–
C:\PS>Invoke-Command -computername Server01 -scriptblock {Get-PfxCertificate -FilePath C:\Text\TestNoPassword.pfx} -authentication CredSSP
Description
———–
This command gets a .pfx Certificate file from the Server01 remote computer. It uses the Invoke-Command to run a Get-PfxCertificate command remotely.
When the .pfx Certificate file is not password-protected, the value of the Authentication parameter of Invoke-Command must be “CredSSP”.
RELATED LINKS
Online version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113323
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