Fortinet 284 FortiWeb 5.0 Patch 6 Administration Guide
Table 34:System > Certificates > Local
FortiWeb presents a server certificate when any client requests a secure connection, including
when:
• Administrators connect to the web UI (HTTPS connections only)
• Clients use SSL or TLS to connect to a virtual server, if you enabled SSL offloading in the
policy (HTTPS connections and reverse proxy mode only)
Button/field Description
Generate Click to generate a certificate signing request. For details, see
“Generating a certificate signing request” on page 285.
Import Click to upload a certificate. For details, see “Uploading a server
certificate” on page 289.
View Certificate
Detail
Click to view the selected certificate’s subject, range of dates
within which the certificate is valid, version number, serial number,
and extensions.
Download Click to download the selected CSR’s entry in certificate signing
request (.csr) file format.
This button is disabled unless the currently selected file is a CSR.
Edit Comments Click to add or modify the comment associated with the selected
certificate.
(No label. Check
box in column
heading.)
Click to mark all check boxes in the column, selecting all entries.
To select an individual entry, instead, mark the check box in the
entry’s row.
Name Displays the name of the certificate.
Subject Displays the distinguished name (DN) located in the Subject:
field of the certificate.
If the row contains a certificate request which has not yet been
signed, this field is empty.
Comments Displays the description of the certificate, if any. Click the Edit
Comments icon to add or modify the comment associated with the
certificate or certificate signing request.
Status Displays the status of the certificate.
•OK — Indicates that the certificate was successfully imported.
To use the certificate, select it in a server policy or server farm.
•PENDING — Indicates that the certificate request has been
generated, but must be downloaded, signed, and imported
before it can be used as a server certificate.