Import a Certificate or Key

About this task

If you use a third-party CA to sign certificates, generate and export a CSR, send it to the CA, and when the CA returns the signed certificate and private key file, import the certificate into ExtremeCloud IQ. Extreme Networks devices support PEM-formatted certificates.

Use the following procedure to import a CSR:

Procedure

  1. Select the import icon.
  2. Use Select to navigate to the location of the certificate file.
  3. Select Open.
  4. Select Import.
  5. Select whether this file is a certificate or key.
    To import certificates in PFX or DER formats, you must first use the conversion tool to reformat them as PEM files.
  6. To import a PFX-formatted file, which contains a certificate and private key combined, first convert its format from PFX to PEM:
    1. Select Convert the certificate format from PFX to PEM.
    2. Enter the password that was used to encrypt the PFX file.
    3. Select Save.
    Note

    Note

    When you use the PEM-formatted file that contains both the certificate and private key, you must choose the same file for both the Certificate and Private Key fields.
  7. To import a pair of DER-formatted files, one containing a certificate and the other its accompanying private key, first convert their format from DER to PEM:
    1. Select Convert the certificate format from DER to PEM.
    2. If converting a key, enter the password that was used to encrypt the file.
    1. Select Save.
  8. Select Save.