Article - CS393466

How to create self-signed SSL certificates for non-production Windchill PDMLink installations that support later Chrome, Creo and Windchill Workgroup Manager browser requirement for Subject Alternative Names?

Modified: 06-Oct-2025   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 11.1 to 13.0
  • Creo Parametric 7.0 to 10.0
  • Creo+
  • Windchill Workgroup Manager

Description

  • How to create self-singed SSL certificates for non-production Windchill PDMLink installations that support later Chrome, Creo and Windchill Workgroup Manager browser requirement for Subject Alternative Names and where client config option browser_enable_crl_check=no or wgmclient.ini enable.site.certificate.check=No are no longer supported?
  • Later Chrome and Chromium releases in Creo Parametric and Windchill Workgroup Manager fail to connect to the Windchill server with errors:
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NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID

This server could not prove that it is <server>; its security certificate does not specify Subject Alternative Names. This may be caused by a misconfiguration or an attacker intercepting your connection.
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Certification Error
This site is not secure. The security Certificate of this website cannot be trusted.
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