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Panorama Interconnect Administrator’s Guide

Certificate Requirements for Panorama Interconnect

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Certificate requirements for securing communication between the Panorama™ Controller and Panorama Interconnect.

To secure communication between the Panorama™ Controller and Panorama Nodes, make sure the certificates you use meet the following requirements:

A Certificate Authority (CA) responsible for issuing certificates to Panorama Nodes is required on the Panorama Controller. You can either Create a Self-Signed Root CA Certificate or Import a Certificate and Private Key to sign it. Please note you must configure the CA certificate in the Panorama tab in order to set up the Interconnect plugin.
Import a certificate or generate a unique certificate for each Panorama Node, The CA certificate on the Panorama Controller must issue the certificates that you use on the Nodes.
- If you are importing a certificate to the Panorama Node, ensure that the certificate Common Name is the serial number of the Panorama Node.
- The certificate must be in PKCS12 or PEM format and must include a private key so that the Panorama Nodes can authenticate successfully.