Cisco Cisco Security Manager 4.0 Troubleshooting Guide

Introduction
 Prerequisites
      Requirements
      Components Used
      Conventions
 Create a Self−Signed Certificate
 Related Information

This document describes how to create a self−signed certificate to the list of root trusted certificates on the
server.

Before you create the certificate, make sure that you complete steps 1, 2, and 3 in the Server Tasks To
Complete Immediately section of Post−installation Server Tasks.

This document is not restricted to specific software and hardware versions.

Refer to Cisco Technical Tips Conventions for more information on document conventions.

Step 4 of Server Tasks To Complete Immediately explains how to set up the self−signed certificate in the
server. These steps guide you through how to access the Cisco Security Manager server via HTTPS through
the self−signed certificate.

A Security Alert dialog box appears and prompts you to accept, reject, or validate the self−signed
certificate. This dialog box appears each time you connect to the server.

1. 

Click Yes in order to accept the self−signed certificate for that particular session.

In order to avoid this prompt each time you connect to Cisco Security Manager via HTTPS, click
View Certificate instead of Yes.

2. 

A new window appears that displays "Issued to" = "issued by". This means it is a self−signed
certificate.

3.