Generating a New Signed Certificate

You’ll first need to generate a CSR to be signed by your chosen Certificate Authority.

1. Navigate to the System > Certificate Management page in ZPC and then to the Generate CSR tab.
   

   

2. Generate and download the CSR to get it signed by your chosen Certificate Authority (CA).
   

   

3. Ensure the signed certificate is in PEM format (Base-64 encoded X.509 - CER).
   

4. Navigate to the System > Certificate Management page in ZPC and the Import Certificate tab and select the Signed Certificate option.
   

   

5. SSH into the ZIRO machine and log in using the s8admin account, then select Restart Web Server from the menu.

6. Log back into ZPC from your browser and confirm the certificate has been successfully imported by checking the validity period.
   

   

Renewing an Existing Signed Certificate

1. View the expiry date of your certificate by navigating to System Health > System Health Status page.

   

2. View your current certificate details by accessing the certificate viewer in your browser while on the ZPC website.
   

   

2. Generate and download the CSR using the information in the previous step to get it signed by your chosen Certificate Authority (CA).

   

3. Ensure the signed certificate is in PEM format (Base-64 encoded X.509 - CER).

4. Navigate to the System > Certificate Management page in ZPC and the Import Certificate tab and select the Signed Certificate option.

   

5. SSH into the ZIRO machine and log in using the s8admin account, then select Restart Web Server from the menu.

6. Log back into ZPC from your browser and confirm the certificate has been successfully imported by checking the validity period.

   

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