Signed certificates

A signed certificate is a digital security credential that

  • is obtained from a certificate authority (CA)

  • enables configuration of an internal CA object, and

  • allows referencing the internal CA object in an SSL rule if it contains a signed certificate.

Certificate configuration steps

You can configure an internal CA object by obtaining a signed certificate from a CA. This process consists of these actions:

  • Provide identification information to configure the internal CA object. This action generates an unsigned certificate, produces a paired private key, and creates a certificate signing request (CSR) to a specified CA.

  • Upload the signed certificate issued by the CA to the internal CA object. The internal CA object now contains a signed certificate instead of the unsigned certificate.

Only reference an internal CA object in an SSL rule if it contains a signed certificate.