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PFSense - Certificates - Create a User Certificate

A User Certificate is intended to be bound to a single user to provide identity and/or encryption services for that single entity.


Create the User Certificate

Navigate to System → Cert Manager.

  • Select the Certificates tab and create a User Certificate by pressing the “+” button.

In Add/Sign a New Certificate:

  • Method: Create an Internal Certificate.
  • Descriptive Name: PeterRoux-cert.

In Internal Certificate:

  • Certificate authority: ShareWiz OpenVPN CA.
  • Key Type: RSA.
  • Key length: 2048 bit.
  • Digest Algorithm: SHA 256.
  • Lifetime: 3650. (10 years).
  • Common Name: ShareWiz - OpenVPN CA.
  • Country Code: JE.
  • State or Province: <blank>.
  • City: St. Helier.
  • Organization: ShareWiz.
  • Organizational Unit: <blank>.

In Certificate Attributes:

  • Certificate Type: User Certificate.
  • Alternative Names: <blank>.

pfsense/certificates/create_a_user_certificate.txt · Last modified: 2022/08/18 08:08 by 185.198.243.242

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