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• When using HTTPS Certificates certificates or public keys for incoming connections, see below, then an additional authentication mechanism applies: the client of the incoming connection, i.e. a Controller, is required to provide a Client Authentication certificateCertificate. This includes that two certificates are in place for a secure HTTPS connection: the Agent's Server Authentication Certificate and the Controller's Client Authentication Certificate. 
  • The fact that a given certificate is used for Server Authentication and/or Client Authentication is specified with the key usage when creating and signing the certificate.
  • The distinguished name that is specified with the Agent's configuration has to match the Client Authentication Certificate's " subject " attribute of a Controller. This attribute specifies the hostname and additional information that is created when the certificate or public key is generated.
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  • Settings in this section are used for incoming HTTPS connections from Controller instances.
  • distinguished-names: 
    • Specifies the distinguished name as given with the subject of the Client Authentication Certificate for incoming HTTPS connections from a Controller.
    • Any number of distinguished names can be specified allowing a number of incoming HTTPS connections from different Controllers.

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