Quantis Appliance User Manual
Document version : 2.13
Distribution : Confidential
Date : 06.08.2020
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4
SSL Certificates and security exceptions
4.1
SSL Certificates
HTTPS secure connection relies on an SSL certificate. The Quantis appliance is able to handle 2 kinds of
certificates:
•
Self-signed certificate
recommended for users without security expertise
•
Signed certificate by an external Certificate Authority
recommended for users with security
expertise
4.1.1
Generation of a new self-signed certificate
This example shows how to create a certificate and copy it to a USB Memory drive.
qa-cli>
cert--new --self-signed yes
qa-cli>
cert --export --self-signed yes
–
-name 192.168.1.21.crt
Please insert media into USB port.
**** Press any key to continue ****
4.1.2
Generation of a Quantis Appliance certificate signed by an external CA
This example shows how to create a request to sign the certificate and copy it to a USB Memory drive.
qa-cli>
cert--new --self-signed no
qa-cli>
cert--export --self-signed no
–
-name 192.168.1.21.csr
Please insert media into USB port.
**** Press any key to continue ****
Then sign your certificate request with your authority and generate the certificate in crt format for
example:
$
openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in 192.168.1.21.csr -CA ca.crt -CAkey
ca.key
–
Cacreateserial -out 192.168.1.21.crt
and then plug your USB key and import your signed certificate:
qa-cli>
cert--import --name 192.168.1.21.crt --ca-file ca.crt