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    we could not verify the certificate: reason = untrusted

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      georgezugg
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      One of my machines gets this error "we could not verify the certificate: reason = untrusted" when I try and open the gui to login.

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        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @georgezugg
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        @georgezugg what cert are you using on the web gui? By default it uses a shelf signed cert, and browsers going to balk at such a cert and give you a warning.

        Are you using your own cert you created from a CA, an acme cert?

        With self signed, you can tell the browser to connect anyway. If some cert you created with CA, you can have the browser trust all certs signed by that CA. If a acme (lets encrypt) cert then browser should auto trust it.

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          georgezugg @johnpoz
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          @johnpoz I never set a cert from day one as far as I know

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            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @georgezugg
            last edited by johnpoz

            @georgezugg well default, out of the box pfsense would create a self signed cert.

            I use cert I created with CA I created on pfsense - using the very creative name of webgui, signed by the also very creative CA name of Home-CA ;)

            certsca.jpg

            You should see a webconfigurator cert in pfsense cert manager - and in the drop down box where you set what cert to use.

            So what cert is your webgui set to use?

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              georgezugg @johnpoz
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              @johnpoz

              here is a screen shot of what i havepfsense.jpg

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                rcoleman-netgate Netgate @georgezugg
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                @georgezugg Self-signed certificates always throw errors in web browsers.

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                  georgezugg @rcoleman-netgate
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                  @rcoleman-netgate dumb question but do we have a documented process to createa nd add a created one?

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                    rcoleman-netgate Netgate @georgezugg
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                    @georgezugg

                    Check out https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/certificates/index.html

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                      georgezugg @rcoleman-netgate
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                      @rcoleman-netgate thanks

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