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WSA with public Certificate error

Ali mosbah Abdo
Level 1
Level 1

hi all,

i purchase a new certificate from public certificate authority , but when i try to upload the certificate with the key i get this error:

ErrorCertificate upload failed. The certificate file appears to be a server certificate. A signing certificate is required.

  really i am confused with the certificate should i use with WSA 2048 bit.

 

please any help

BR

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Atazazuddin Shaikh
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Ali

Thanks for reaching out, Enclosing a quick videos that provides details steps for current supported options for "certificates" on WSA.

 

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g_96XYnkz4

2.  https://supportforums.cisco.com/video/11932521/steps-enable-https-proxy-wsa-uploading-rootintermediate-

     certificate-option

 

 

Regards,

Zack

 

Hello,


You need to provide a root certificate, that means, a certificate that can sign a connection, because WSA for https acts as a man in the middle, it will open a https stream, will inspect the contents and will re-encrypt with this certificate, because of course the site owners will not provide their private key.

 

Handy Putra
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Hi Ali,

Another more information on what WSA uses for HTTPS proxy certificate, please see below document:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/security/web-security-appliance/117792-technote-wsa-00.html

It will also advised the different between server certificate and root signed certificate that WSA require.