Certificate Request - Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-1000A Administration Manual

Certificates

Certificate request

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Figure 143:Certificate details
To obtain a personal or site certificate, you must send a request to a CA that provides
digital certificates that adhere to the X.509 standard. The FortiGate unit provides a
way for you to generate the request. The generated request includes information such
as the FortiGate unit's public static IP address, domain name, or email address.
To generate a certificate request
1 Go to VPN > Certificates > Local Certificates.
2 Select Generate.
Select to generate a local certificate request. See
page 280.
Select to import a signed local certificate. See
on page 281.
The names of existing local certificates and pending certificate requests.
The Distinguished Names (DNs) of local signed certificates.
The status of the local certificate. PENDING designates a certificate request
that should be downloaded and signed.
Select to display certificate details such as the certificate name, issuer,
subject, and valid certificate dates. See
Delete a certificate from the FortiGate configuration.
Select to save a copy of the certificate request to a local computer. Send the
request to your CA to obtain a certificate for the FortiGate unit.
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