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July 24, 2018

Technical Tip: Installing Policy Package Fails due to local certificate 'Fortinet_CA_SSLProxy'

  • July 24, 2018
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Description
Starting in FortiOS 5.4, the certificate "Fortinet_CA_SSLProxy" was replaced with "Fortinet_CA_SSL".

Note: FortiGates running 5.4 and later may still have that certificate if they have been upgraded from FortiOS 5.2 or before.

As a result, there may be references to "Fortinet_CA_SSLProxy" in policy packages which cause installs to FortiGates running FortiOS 5.4 or later to fail.

Some possible symptoms includes:

1) An error during install:

Local certificate "Fortinet_CA_SSLProxy" not exist in target device

2) FortiManager has an install error and install log shows that FortiGate has Fortinet_CA_SSLProxy but FortiManager does not:

---> generating verification report
(vdom root: firewall ssl-ssh-profile "certificate-inspection":caname)
remote original: "Fortinet_CA_SSLProxy"
to be installed:

Solution
Follow these steps to correct the problem. 

Note: The screenshots provided are for FortiManager 5.6 but the principles are the same for FortiManager 5.4 or later.
  1. Configure the FortiManager to reference "Fortinet_CA_SSL" instead of "Fortinet_CA_SSLProxy" in SSH/SSL profiles

  2. Make sure there is a dynamic mapping added pointing to the certificate on that FortiGate
a) Update Display Options (if the Local Certificates option is not visible in "Policy & Objects")
-Enable "Local Certificate" under "Dynamic Objects" (Policy & Object > Object Configuration > Tools > Display options > Local Certificate)
 
ssl ssh inspection Fortinet CA SSL.PNG



b) Update the Certificate

-Go to Dynamic Objects > Local Certificates > select the Fortinet_CA_SSL > enable Per-Device Mapping > add the FortiGate in question and select the Local certificate (either Fortinet_CA_SSL or Fortinet_CA_SSLProxy, whichever matches the local FortiGate).

chall_dyn-map-local-cert.PNG

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