Replace an Expired GlobalProtect Portal or Gateway Certificate
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Replace an Expired GlobalProtect Portal or Gateway Certificate

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Replace an Expired GlobalProtect Portal or Gateway Certificate

Learn how to replace an expired GlobalProtect portal or gateway certificate.
If your GlobalProtect portal or gateway certificate has expired or is about to expire, you have several options to replace it.
For Prisma Access deployments, the portal and gateway certificates and their renewals are managed automatically as part of the infrastructure, so you don't have to do anything to replace an expired certificate.
If you're using third-party certificates for your portal or gateway, you will need to manage and renew your certificates when they expire.
If the firewall is the certificate authority (CA) that issued the certificate for your portal and gateways, the firewall replaces the expired certificate with a new certificate that has the same attributes as the old certificate but with a different serial number. From the web interface that is hosting the portal or gateway, Renew the Certificate, and commit the changes to push the certificate to the portal or the gateway.
For on-premises deployments that use third party CA-issued SSL certificates, you must import the renewed certificate that you downloaded from your CA using the following procedure:
  1. Note the name and expiration date of the portal or gateway certificate.
    1. From the firewall that is hosting the gateway or portal with the expiring certificate, log on to the web interface.
    2. Select
      Device
      Certificate Management
      Certificates
      .
    3. Locate the certificate in the
      Device Certificates
      tab and note the name of the certificate and expiration date.
  2. Download the renewed certificate from your third-party CA. As an example, the following steps show how to download the renewed certificate from GoDaddy:
    1. Log in to the godaddy.com portal.
    2. Go to the
      Certificates
      tab.
    3. Select the certificate and click
      Download
      .
    4. In the Download Certificate window, for
      Server type
      , select
      Other
      and download the certificate in
      .crt
      format.
      The certificate is saved to your downloads folder.
  3. Import the downloaded certificate on the firewall that is hosting your portal or gateway.
    If you deployed two firewalls in an HA pair in an active/passive deployment, you must import the certificate on each firewall.
    1. From the web interface, go to
      Device
      Certificate Management
      Certificates
      Device Certificates
      Import
      .
    2. Enter the exact
      Certificate Name
      for the portal or gateway certificate that you're replacing.
    3. For the
      Certificate File
      , browse to and select the certificate that you downloaded from the CA.
    4. For the
      File Format
      , select
      Base64 Encoded Certificate (PEM)
      .
    5. Click
      OK
      .
      After the certificate has been imported, you will see the new expiration date for the certificate.
    6. Commit
      your changes to push the certificate to the portal or gateway.

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