CA Certificate and Private Key Downloads
You can back up or transfer a CA certificate and paired private key by downloading a file containing the certificate and key information from an internal CA object.
Caution | Always store downloaded key information in a secure location. |
The system encrypts the private key stored in an internal CA object with a randomly generated key before saving it to disk. If you download a certificate and private key from an internal CA object, the system first decrypts the information before creating a file containing the certificate and private key information. You must then provide a password the system uses to encrypt the downloaded file.
Caution | Private keys downloaded as part of a system backup are decrypted, then stored in the unencrypted backup file. |