Creating a Web Application Firewall Certificate

• Console
• CLI
• API

• 1. Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Web Application Firewall, click Edge Policy Resources.

     The Edge Policy Resources page appears.

  2. Select the Compartment from the list.

     The WAF Certificates page appears.

  3. Click Certificate under Resources.

     All the certificates in that compartment are listed in tabular form.

  4. Click Create certificate.

     The Create certificate dialog box appears.

  5. Complete the following:
     • Name: Enter the name for the certificate.

     • SSL certificate: Drag and drop, select, or paste a valid SSL certificate in PEM format. Also include intermediate certificates (the website certificate must be first). The following is an example:

       -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
       <Base64_encoded_certificate>
       -----END CERTIFICATE-----
       -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
       <Intermediate_Base64_encoded_certificate>
       -----END CERTIFICATE-----

     • Private key: Drag and drop, select, or paste a valid private key in PEM format in this field. The passphrase can't protect the private key. The following is an example:

       -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
       <Base64_encoded_private_key>
       -----END PRIVATE KEY-----

     • Self signed certificate: Check this box when using a self-signed certificate to show an SSL warning in the browser.
     • Show advanced options: Click this link to display options for tagging. See Overview of Tagging.
     • Choose one of the following:

       • To create the certificate, click Create.
       • To create the certificate later using Resource Manager see Creating a Stack from a Resource Creation Page
• Enter the following command and required parameters:

  oci waas certificate create --certificate-data compartment_ocid

  See the CLI online help for a list of optional parameters:

  oci waas certificate create --help

  See oci waas certificate create for a complete description of the command.

• Run the CreateCertificate operation to create a certificate.