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[RESOLVED] Missing local certificate during deployment

Published: August 18, 2026 - 4:25 PM
by tdbrm
Hello,

I'm currently having a problem with some new workstations we recently acquired.
During the WADS deployment, after installing Windows 11, we use PostScript to deploy a WAPT package. The only issue on these new workstations is that nothing is being deployed and the deployment completes.
After checking (via the command prompt with the command "wapt-get update"), we're getting an error: "Missing local service certificate C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt\public\localservice.crt", which is indeed missing.

Do you have any idea what could be causing this? I've been looking into the network side of things, but I haven't found a solution yet

. Thank you in advance!

Re: Missing local certificate during deployment

Published: August 19, 2026 - 3:25 PM
by sfonteneau
Hello

, normally the file C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt\public\localservice.crt

is created directly when the service starts.

Did you add a short delay in the startup script to allow the service time to start?

Is the service running correctly?

The last time I saw this, an antivirus program panicked when it saw the file.

Re: Missing local certificate during deployment

Published: August 21, 2026 - 2:13 PM
by tdbrm
Hi Simon,

I had indeed set the time to 120 seconds in the script. That said, I increased the time to 300 seconds and now the process runs smoothly!
I was a little surprised since this same deployment script worked perfectly on other brands, but as long as the solution works, I'm happy!

Have a good day