When you want to test a connection to a Black Duck server or an external channel and you receive a PKIX error you can use the Certificates page to add the certificates to enable communication.

This section explains how you add, edit, and delete certificates from the system. The capability to manage certificates in Alert was added in Alert version 6.0.0.


To create, edit, or delete certificates, click Certificates on the left navigation panel to open the Certificates page.

Custom certificates

You can specify a custom jssecacerts or cacerts file to be used as the Alert trust store. These are mounted like Docker secrets to secure this sensitive information.