This article outlines exporting SSL VPN certificates and Certificate Authorities (CAs) from Smoothwall On-Premise Appliance. You may need to export and add your CA to other systems so they can authenticate your signed certificates. For example, you might:
- Configure your secondary Smoothwall Appliance to authenticate certificates created by your main Smoothwall Appliance’s CA.
- Migrate the CA to another server to avoid redeploying a new certificate to all clients.
Export a CA
- Go to Network > VPN > Certificate authorities.
- Go to the Installed Certificate Authority certificates table.
Tip
Select a CA to view its details in another browser tab.
- Select the checkbox for the CA in the Mark column.
Note
Only the top CA selected will be downloaded.
- Choose an Export format:
- Keep CA certificate in PEM selected to export the certificate in an ASCII (textual) format commonly used by Microsoft operating systems.
- Select CA certificate in BIN to export the certificate in a binary format.
- Select Export.
- The .pem or .bin file will download to your computer.
Export a certificate
- Go to Network > VPN > Certificates.
- Go to the Installed signed certificates table.
Tip
Select a certificate to view its details in another browser tab.
- Select the checkbox for the certificate in the Mark column.
Note
Only the top certificate selected will be downloaded.
- Choose an export format:
- PKCS#12:
- Enter a Password into the Password and Again fields.
- Select Export certificate and key as PKCS#12.
- The .p12 file will download to your computer.
- Other format:
- Select the format from the Export format dropdown:
- Certificate in PEM: Export the certificate in ASCII (textual) format, commonly used by Microsoft operating systems. Use this for Smoothwall to Smoothwall VPN connections.
- Certificate in DER: Export the certificate in binary format for non-Smoothwall VPN gateways.
- Private key in DER: Exports only the private key in binary format for non-Smoothwall VPN gateways.
- Select Export.
- The .pem or .der file will download to your computer.
- Select the format from the Export format dropdown:
- PKCS#12: