Manage CSMS/V2G/MO root trust anchors on an OCPP 2.0.1 charge point with the Certificate management functional block
domain: openchargealliance.org · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Query the station's currently trusted roots with GetInstalledCertificateIdsRequest, optionally filtered by certificateType (V2GRootCertificate, MORootCertificate, CSMSRootCertificate, ManufacturerRootCertificate).
Push a new trust anchor with InstallCertificateRequest, specifying certificateType and the PEM-encoded certificate; the station validates the chain and rejects if it would exceed its certificate storage capacity.
Rotate the CSMS's own TLS-serving certificate by first installing the new CSMSRootCertificate on the station, then cutting the CSMS backend over, so the station never trusts neither the old nor new root.
Remove superseded or compromised trust anchors with DeleteCertificateRequest referencing certificateHashData (issuer name hash, key hash, serial number) rather than the raw cert.
After any install/delete, re-run GetInstalledCertificateIds to confirm the station's actual trust store matches intended state — some stations silently cap certs per type and evict the oldest.
Known gotchas
V2GRootCertificate and MORootCertificate are separate trust chains from CSMSRootCertificate — installing one does not extend Plug & Charge (ISO 15118) trust, a common source of cert-install flows that 'succeed' but PnC still fails.
Certificate storage on the station is finite and vendor-specific; bulk-installing every root in a large PKI hierarchy without checking capacity first can silently evict certificates the station still needs for active sessions.
DeleteCertificateRequest identifies certs by hash data, not an ID returned at install — callers must retain issuer/serial metadata from installation time or re-derive it from the PEM to delete a specific cert later.
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