Uploading an independently prepared SSL certificate to the server with the Central Node component

You can independently prepare an SSL certificate and upload it to the server with the Central Node component via the SCP protocol. For more details on the methods for uploading files via the SCP protocol, please refer to the documentation on the operating system installed on the computer from which you want to upload the SSL certificate.

The SSL certificate file intended for upload to the server with the Central Node component must satisfy the following requirements:

• The file must contain the certificate itself and a private encryption key for the connection.
• The file must be in PEM format.
• The file name must be kata.pem.
• The private key length must be 2048 bits or longer.

For more details on preparing SSL certificates for import, please refer to the documentation on Open SSL.

To upload an independently prepared SSL certificate to the server with the Central Node component via the SCP protocol, perform the following actions in your computer's interface used for working over the SCP protocol (using the Linux operating system as an example):

1. Execute the following command: scp kata.pem admin@<IP address of the server with the Central Node component>:
2. At the password prompt, enter the administrator password for working in the administrator menu of the server with the Central Node component that was set when the Central Node component was installed.

The SSL certificate will be uploaded to the server with the Central Node component.

To apply the uploaded SSL certificate on the server with the Central Node component, do the following in the administrator menu of the server with the Central Node component:

1. In the main window of the administrator menu, select Program settings.
2. Press ENTER.

   This opens the next window of the administrator menu.

3. Select Manage server certificate.
4. Press ENTER.

   The Certificate management window opens.

5. In the lower part of the window, select kata.pem.
6. Press ENTER.

   The Uploaded certificate window opens.

7. Select Install certificate.
8. Press ENTER.

   The action confirmation window opens.

9. Click Yes.

   This opens a window containing information about the certificate.

10. Click the Continue button.

    The action confirmation window opens.

11. Click the Install button.

    Installation of the certificate starts.

12. After installation of the certificate is completed, press ENTER.

    This opens a window containing information about the applied certificate.

13. Click the Continue button.

    The action confirmation window opens.

14. Click Ok.

The certificate will be applied. The data of previously installed certificates will be overwritten.

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