https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/79259/what-is-the-role-of-certificateExcuse me What is the role of certificate of nrf9160?How to make a certificate If customers use their own cloud services?en-USTelligent Community 13Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:28:40 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/327934?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:28:40 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:21ec6616-a7ef-4e61-bda9-7514f721b020&#216;yvind<p>Hello,&nbsp;<br /><br />The role of the certificates in the nRF9160 is to authenticate the device towards the cloud service. Have a look at the <a href="https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/1.6.1/nrf/include/modem/modem_key_mgmt.html#modem-key-management">modem key management&nbsp;documentation</a>. Depending on what cloud service used, you will need to follow instructions provided by the cloud service. There are currently two officially supported cloud services in our samples, AWS and Azure, respectively</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/1.6.1/nrf/samples/nrf9160/aws_fota/README.html">nRF9160: AWS FOTA</a></li> <li><a href="https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/1.6.1/nrf/samples/nrf9160/azure_fota/README.html">nRF9160: Azure FOTA</a></li> <li><a href="https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/1.6.1/nrf/samples/nrf9160/cloud_client/README.html">nRF9160: Cloud client</a></li> </ul> <p>For example, <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/developerguide/x509-client-certs.html?icmpid=docs_iot_hp_manage_things">AWS provides this documentation</a> on client certificates.</p> <p>Kind regards,<br />Øyvind</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>