Adding a root certificate authority
Procedure
- On the SYSTEM menu, under the Certificates submenu, click Certificates for services.
- Under the Certificates section, click New root CA. and enter a meaningful Name for this CA. This is only for information purposes and doesn't form part of the root CA.
- Enter the Common name to be used for this root CA. Typically, this refers to an organizational role, such as, This School District's Root CA.
- Enter the Organization's name for this root CA. The default organization name is the one for the Smoothwall entered at registration time.
- If you need contact details for the certificate issuer, click Advanced » and enter the Email, Department, Locality or town, State or province, and Country.
- Enter a descriptive Comment.
Follow-up task
To make a different certificate authority the default:
- On the SYSTEM menu, under the Certificates submenu, click Certificates for services.
- Locate and place your mouse cursor over the relevant Certificate Authority.
- Click Set default CA.
- Click Save to confirm creating the default CA.
Note: When the default CA is changed, those services using Dynamic certificates that are part of the trust chain, are restarted.