Certificates

v2

Based on set environment variables a given certificate is being used. This tables list which certificate is being used grouped by environments.

/* denotes a wildcard, meaning: applies to all endpoints in this group

Production

Default CERTIFICATE_FILE is dvccsap11002.dll (DATEV USB Stick)

Endpoint	Default	When EINREICHUNG_CERTIFICATE_FILE set
/est	CERTIFICATE_FILE	EINREICHUNG_CERTIFICATE_FILE1
/message/*	CERTIFICATE_FILE	EINREICHUNG_CERTIFICATE_FILE2, 3
/assessment-data/*	CERTIFICATE_FILE	EINREICHUNG_CERTIFICATE_FILE1
/diva/*	CERTIFICATE_FILE	CERTIFICATE_FILE
/feedback/*	CERTIFICATE_FILE	EINREICHUNG_CERTIFICATE_FILE2, 3
/vast/*	CERTIFICATE_FILE	CERTIFICATE_FILE

¹ assessment-data can be retrieved only with the certificate with which the (ESt) declaration was submitted, in case no designated retrieval key was provided in the declaration XML itself

² feedback can be retrieved only with the certificate the message was submitted, in case no designated retrieval key was provided in the message XML itself

³ ⚠️ Change as of v2.25.6. Before CERTIFICATE_FILE was default.

Development

Default CERTIFICATE_FILE is test-softorg-pse.pfx . Development uses by default only official test software certificates.

Endpoint	Default
/est	test-softorg-pse.pfx
/message/*	test-softorg-pse.pfx
/assessment-data/*	Datenabholung4
/diva/*	test-softidnr-pse.pfx
/feedback/*	test-softorg-pse.pfx
/vast/*	test-softidnr-pse.pfx

⁴ Datenabholung is an official client certificate (German: Client Erzeugtes Zertifikat) provided by ELSTER, specially for assessment data, and consists of two files