Mandatory prerequisites:
Before sharing certificates, ensure that the following prerequisites are completed:
Cofinity-X Portal Onboarding
You must be successfully onboarded to the Cofinity-X Portal and have selected Dataspace OS as your certificate management solution.Data Governance Credentials
Request your Data Governance Credentials by following the instructions provided in the guide.Get your BPNS for each individual site to which a certificate will apply:
a. Provisioning sites for the onboarded legal entity (the one which has a wallet and Portal access) can be done by adding the information via "Your Company" -> "Your sites and addresses"
b. Provisioning sites and addresses for the sub-legal entities (Virtual Participants), can be done following the steps:
the Virtual Participant has to be successfully onboarded (see more details here);
via "Managing companies", the option to add sites and addresses for the Virtual Participant will be then available to provision through.
Access to Dataspace OS
Ensure that you can successfully sign in to Dataspace OS before proceeding, by following these steps.
Certificate sharing:
Once all prerequisites are fulfilled and BPNS have been issued for all relevant locations, you can proceed with certificate sharing.
Volkswagen uses a PULL method, which means you make your certificate available, and VW retrieves it from your system. Follow the steps below:
Before sharing certificates, your EDC (Eclipse Dataspace Connector) must be properly registered.
How to check: Dataspace OS -> Navigate to Components -> Select your EDC component -> Scroll down to EDC Registration
Status should be: Registered
If not registered:
Click Register -> Confirm the action
2. Next, upload your certificate and make it visible to Volkswagen. Follow the guide here.
Make sure discoverability is enabled, so VW can access your certificate.
3. Since VW uses the PULL method, there is no manual sending step.
Volkswagen will retrieve the certificate directly from your EDC
No confirmation is shown in the Certificate Management interface
How to Check if VW or any other partner accessed your certificate (Advanced)
Currently, there is no direct monitoring in the Certificate Management UI. However, you can verify access manually:
Check Contract Negotiations
Go to Components
Open your EDC component
Navigate to Contract Negotiations
Filter by:
Role: Provider
Identify the Partner
Click on an Agreement ID
Locate the Connector ID field - This is usually a BPNL
Match the BPNL to a Company
Go to Cofinity-X Portal
Navigate to:
Dataspace Participation -> Partner Network
Search for the BPNL
This allows you to confirm which company (e.g. Volkswagen) accessed your certificate.
Troubleshooting and support request template:
In case of any issues during the certificate exchange with BMW, please ensure you follow the next steps:
If something doesn’t work, check the following:
If VW cannot retrieve your certificate, check:
EDC is registered
Certificate is uploaded
Discoverability is enabled
Correct BPNS is used
No errors in EDC component
If the issue continues:
Submit a support request to [email protected] using the provided template:
BPNL of your company
Certificate type
Screenshot of the sharing screen and/or the error message