Panorama Interconnect Administrator’s Guide
    : Create a Certificate Profile for Authenticating Panorama Nodes
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    Panorama Interconnect Administrator’s Guide

    Create a Certificate Profile for Authenticating Panorama Nodes

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    Create a Certificate Profile for Authenticating Panorama Nodes

    Set up authentication between the Panorama™ Controller and Panorama Nodes using Certificate Profiles.
    Certificate profiles define which certificate authority (CA) certificates to use for verifying the Panorama Node certificates used to secure communication between the Panorama™ Controller and Panorama Nodes and to verify Panorama Node revocation status. A certificate profile is required to set up Panorama for large scale firewall deployments.
    1. Log in to the Panorama web interface of the Panorama Controller.
    2. Obtain the CA Certificate for the Panorama Controller.
    3. Generate the Panorama Node Certificate used to secure communication between the Panorama Controller and Panorama Nodes. Repeat this step for all Panorama Nodes.
    4. Create a Certificate Profile.
      CRL and OCSP is currently not supported.
      1. Select PanoramaCertificate ManagementCertificate Profile and Add a new Certificate Profile.
      2. Enter a Name for the Certificate Profile.
      3. Add the CA certificate you previously created.
      4. Click OK to finishing adding the Certificate Profile.
    5. Click Commit and Commit to Panorama.

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