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How to change FortiWeb's default certificate

How to change FortiWeb's default certificate

The FortiWeb appliance presents its own HTTPS Server Certificate for secure connections (HTTPS) to the web UI. By default, A Fortinet factory certificate is used as the certificate. For details, see How to offload or inspect HTTPS. To replace it with other certificates, here are the steps:

  1. Go to System > Admin > Certificates and select the Admin Cert Local tab.
    To access this part of the web UI, your administrator's account access profile must have Read and Write permission to items in the Admin Users category. For details, see Permissions.
  2. You can click View Certificate Detail to view the selected certificate’s subject, range of dates within which the certificate is valid, version number, serial number, and extensions.
  3. You can click Edit Comments to make a comment to the selected certificate.
  4. To upload a certificate to replace the Fortinet factory default certificate, click Import and configure these settings:
  5. Type Select type of the certificate you are uploading, PKCS12 Certificate or Certificate.
    Certificate with key file
    Select the certificate with key file from your local computer, if Type is specified as PKCS12 Certificate.
    Certificate file Select the certificate file from your local computer, if Type is specified as Certificate
    Key file Select the key file from your local computer, if Type is specified as Certificate
    Password Enter password for the certificate.
  6. Click OK.
  7. Go to System > Admin > Settings, select the certificate for the HTTPS Server Certificate. For details, see Global web UI & CLI settings.

How to change FortiWeb's default certificate

The FortiWeb appliance presents its own HTTPS Server Certificate for secure connections (HTTPS) to the web UI. By default, A Fortinet factory certificate is used as the certificate. For details, see How to offload or inspect HTTPS. To replace it with other certificates, here are the steps:

  1. Go to System > Admin > Certificates and select the Admin Cert Local tab.
    To access this part of the web UI, your administrator's account access profile must have Read and Write permission to items in the Admin Users category. For details, see Permissions.
  2. You can click View Certificate Detail to view the selected certificate’s subject, range of dates within which the certificate is valid, version number, serial number, and extensions.
  3. You can click Edit Comments to make a comment to the selected certificate.
  4. To upload a certificate to replace the Fortinet factory default certificate, click Import and configure these settings:
  5. Type Select type of the certificate you are uploading, PKCS12 Certificate or Certificate.
    Certificate with key file
    Select the certificate with key file from your local computer, if Type is specified as PKCS12 Certificate.
    Certificate file Select the certificate file from your local computer, if Type is specified as Certificate
    Key file Select the key file from your local computer, if Type is specified as Certificate
    Password Enter password for the certificate.
  6. Click OK.
  7. Go to System > Admin > Settings, select the certificate for the HTTPS Server Certificate. For details, see Global web UI & CLI settings.