Configure a Panorama Administrator with Certificate-Based Authentication for the Web Interface

Generate a certificate authority (CA) certificate on Panorama.
You will use this CA certificate to sign the client certificate of each administrator.
Create a self-signed root CA certificate.
Alternatively, you can import a certificate from your enterprise CA.
Configure a certificate profile for securing access to the web interface.
Select
Panorama
Certificate Management
Certificate Profile
and click
Add
.
Enter a
Name
for the certificate profile and set the
Username Field
to
Subject
.
Select
Add
in the CA Certificates section and select the
CA Certificate
you just created.
Click
OK
to save the profile.
Configure Panorama to use the certificate profile for authenticating administrators.
Select the
Panorama
Setup
Management
and edit the Authentication Settings.
Select the
Certificate Profile
you just created and click
OK
.
Configure the administrator accounts to use client certificate authentication.
Configure a Panorama Administrator Account for each administrator who will access the Panorama web interface. Select the
Use only client certificate authentication (Web)
check box.
If you have already deployed client certificates that your enterprise CA generated, skip to Step 8. Otherwise, continue with Step 5.
Generate a client certificate for each administrator.
Generate a certificate on Panorama. In the
Signed By
drop-down, select the CA certificate you created.
Export the client certificates.
Export the certificates.
Select
Commit
Commit to Panorama
and
Commit
your changes.
Panorama restarts and terminates your login session. Thereafter, administrators can access the web interface only from client systems that have the client certificate you generated.
Import the client certificate into the client system of each administrator who will access the web interface.
Refer to your web browser documentation as needed to complete this step.
Verify that administrators can access the web interface.
Open the Panorama IP address in a browser on the computer that has the client certificate.
When prompted, select the certificate you imported and click
OK
. The browser displays a certificate warning.
Add the certificate to the browser exception list.
Click
Login
. The web interface should appear without prompting you for a username or password.