Create, edit or delete a Smoothwall Certificate Authority (CA)

This article applies to our On-Premise Appliance Filter and Firewall product only, not to Cloud.

 

Use this article to create, edit or delete a Certificate Authority (CA) used by your Smoothwall services. If you need to manage VPN CAs, go to the VPN area instead.

Tip

To manage third-party CAs, see Import a CA and Edit or delete a built-in or imported CA.

 

Create a new CA

  1. Go to System > Certificates > Certificates for services.
  2. Select the New root CA button at the top right of the page.
  3. Enter a Common name to identify the CA, for example, the Smoothwall hostname. This will automatically be used as the Name, or you can set a custom Name.
  4. (Optional) Select Advanced to add more identifying details:
    1. Organisation
    2. Email
    3. Department
    4. Locality or town
    5. State or province
    6. Country
  5. (Optional) Add a Comment.
  6. Select Save changes.
  7. Change the Default CA if required.

Edit a CA

You can only edit the Name and Comment for a CA you’ve created in Smoothwall:

  1. Go to System > Certificates > Certificates for services.
  2. Hover over the CA.
  3. Select Details.
  4. Amend the Name or Comment.
  5. Select Save changes.

Delete a CA

  1. Go to System > Certificates > Certificates for services.
  2. Hover over the CA.
  3. Select Delete.