Certificate Authentication in Payloads links a Salesforce certificate to your Credential so outbound calls can use certificate-based authentication. This guide shows how to find the Salesforce certificate unique name and set it on a Certificate Credential.
Who this guide is for
This guide is for Salesforce admins and integration builders who need certificate-based authentication for outbound Payload requests.
Before you begin
Make sure you already have:
an Integration with a Certificate Credential
access to Salesforce Setup and Certificate and Key Management
a certificate already created or imported in Salesforce
How to configure & validate the Credential
Open Salesforce Setup from Payloads
From the settings menu in Salesforce, open Setup.
Open Certificate and Key Management
In Setup, use Quick Find to search for certificate and open Certificate and Key Management.
Open your certificate and get the unique name
Open the certificate you want to use and copy the value in the Unique Name field.
Open your Certificate Credential record in Payloads
Return to your Integration and open the Certificate Credential record.
Set Certificate Name and save the Credential
Click Edit, paste the Salesforce certificate unique name into Certificate Name, then click Save.
Confirm the Credential was saved
Confirm the save message appears and the Credential now shows the updated Certificate Name.
What "done" looks like
Your setup is correct when:
the Certificate Credential is saved successfully
the Certificate Name field matches the Salesforce certificate Unique Name
the Credential remains set to Type: Certificate
Summary
With Certificate Authentication in Payloads, you map the Salesforce certificate unique name to the Certificate Credential once, and that credential can then be used by your payload configuration for certificate-based callouts.