Uploading a Certificate to WAF
If you select HTTPS for Client Protocol when you add a website to WAF, a certificate must be associated with the website.
If you upload a certificate to WAF, you can directly select the certificate when adding a website to WAF.
If you have enabled enterprise projects, ensure that you have all operation permissions for the project where your WAF instance locates. Then, you can select your enterprise project from the Enterprise Project drop-down list and upload certificates in the project.
Prerequisites
You have obtained the certificate file and certificate private key.
Specification Limitations
You can upload as many certificates in WAF as the number of domain names that can be protected by your WAF instances in the same account.
Constraints
If you import a new certificate when adding a protected website or updating a certificate, the certificate is added to the certificate list on the Certificates page, and the imported certificate is also counted towards your total certificate quota.
Application Scenario
If you select HTTPS for Client Protocol, a certificate is required.
Uploading a Certificate to WAF
- Log in to the management console.
- Click
in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project. - Click
in the upper left corner of the page and choose . - In the navigation pane, choose Objects > Certificates.
- Click Add Certificate.
- In the displayed dialog box, enter a certificate name, and copy and paste the certificate file and private key to the corresponding text boxes.
Figure 1 Upload Certificate
Only .pem certificates can be used in WAF. If the certificate is not in .pem format, convert it into .pem locally by referring to Table 1 before uploading it.
Table 1 Certificate conversion commands Format
Conversion Method
CER/CRT
Rename the cert.crt certificate file to cert.pem.
PFX
- Obtain a private key. For example, run the following command to convert cert.pfx into key.pem:
openssl pkcs12 -in cert.pfx -nocerts -out key.pem -nodes
- Obtain a certificate. For example, run the following command to convert cert.pfx into cert.pem:
opensslpkcs12-incert.pfx-nokeys-outcert.pem
P7B
- Convert a certificate. For example, run the following command to convert cert.p7b into cert.cer:
opensslpkcs7-print_certs-incert.p7b-outcert.cer
- Rename certificate file cert.cer to cert.pem.
DER
- Obtain a private key. For example, run the following command to convert privatekey.der into privatekey.pem:
opensslrsa-informDER-outformPEM-inprivatekey.der-outprivatekey.pem
- Obtain a certificate. For example, run the following command to convert cert.cer into cert.pem:
opensslx509-informder-incert.cer-out cert.pem
Note- Before running an OpenSSL command, ensure that the OpenSSL tool has been installed on the local host.
- If your local PC runs a Windows operating system, go to the command line interface (CLI) and then run the certificate conversion command.
- Obtain a private key. For example, run the following command to convert cert.pfx into key.pem:
- Click Confirm.
Verification
The certificate you created is displayed in the certificate list.
Related Operations
- To change the certificate name, move the cursor over the name of the certificate, click
, and enter a certificate name.NoticeIf the certificate is in use, unbind the certificate from the domain name first. Otherwise, the certificate name cannot be changed.
- To view details about a certificate, click View in the Operation column of the certificate.
- In the row containing the certificate you want, click Use in the Operation column to use the certificate to the corresponding domain name.
- To delete a certificate, locate the row of the certificate and click More > Delete in the Operation column.
- To update a certificate, locate the row of the certificate and click More > Update in the Operation column.
- Prerequisites
- Specification Limitations
- Constraints
- Application Scenario
- Uploading a Certificate to WAF
- Verification
- Related Operations