Workspace Weekly: Enterprise Certificate Handling for Platform Metrics Integrations
February 4, 2026
When you’re sending Platform Metrics into Login Enterprise from systems like Nutanix or NVIDIA GPUs, the last thing you want is a script that bypasses certificate validation just to make it work.
We added proper certificate handling to our Platform Metrics integrations, so enterprise security teams don’t have to choose between functionality and security posture. If your Login Enterprise appliance uses self-signed certificates (which many do), these integrations now handle them the right way.
Fair warning, this is a slightly geeky Workspace Weekly, but if you’ve ever had a security review to flag a script for bypassing cert validation, you’ll appreciate this.
What is it?
Both the NVIDIA nVector and Nutanix Platform Metrics integrations include enterprise-grade certificate handling. This started as a proof of concept to solve a real problem our enterprise customers face: self-signed certificates breaking integrations unless you bypass validation entirely.
Instead of blanket bypasses that trust everything, the scripts let you explicitly import your Login Enterprise appliance certificate into your local trust store.
You get three options:
- Default behavior: Validate certificates as normal (works if your appliance has a trusted cert).
- Temporary import: Use -ImportServerCert to import a self-signed cert, then auto-remove it when the script finishes.
- Permanent import: Use -ImportServerCert -KeepCert to import and keep the cert for repeated runs.
The scripts handle the entire certificate chain, not just the leaf certificate, and they import into CurrentUser\Root so you don’t need admin privileges.
How it works
When you run a Platform Metrics integration script with -ImportServerCert, it:
- Connects to your Login Enterprise appliance and retrieves the certificate chain
- Imports the certificates into your CurrentUser\Root trust store
- Runs the integration normally with proper certificate validation
- Removes the imported certificates when done (unless you specified -KeepCert)
This means you’re not bypassing security controls. You’re explicitly trusting a specific certificate for a specific purpose, which is how certificate validation is supposed to work.
The implementation follows the same pattern across both integrations, so if you’ve used one, the other works the same way. PowerShell 5.1 and 7.x are both supported.
Imagine if you are…
A platform engineer at a financial services company running Login Enterprise tests on a Nutanix cluster. Your Login Enterprise appliance uses a self-signed certificate because it’s internal infrastructure. When you try to run the Nutanix Platform Metrics collector, you hit certificate validation errors.
In the past, you’d either have to manually import the cert yourself or use a script that bypasses validation entirely (which your security team would flag in the next audit).
Now you run the script with -ImportServerCert, and it handles everything properly. The cert gets imported, the script runs, metrics flow into Login Enterprise, and the cert gets cleaned up automatically. Your security team is happy, your tests run clean, and you didn’t have to jump through hoops.
Or imagine you’re a VDI engineer testing NVIDIA vGPU performance with Login Enterprise. You’re running the nVector integration to capture GPU latency metrics, but your appliance cert isn’t trusted. Same story: add -ImportServerCert to your command line, and the integration handles certificate trust properly without disabling security features.
What’s next
This certificate handling is already live in both integrations:
If you’re building your own Platform Metrics integration, these repos show the implementation pattern. The certificate handling functions are straightforward to adapt for other use cases.
Enterprise readiness isn’t just about features. It’s also about not forcing customers to make security tradeoffs just to get integrations working. We’re continuing to improve these integrations based on customer feedback, so if you’re using Platform Metrics or planning to, let us know what you’d like to see next.
As always, thank you for your feedback! We use your insights to make Login Enterprise better for you.
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