Skip to main content
lostboy10
Explorer II
June 15, 2026
Question

Certificate Chain not reflecting on admin GUI

  • June 15, 2026
  • 4 replies
  • 96 views

I have a Sectigo Certificate which i am trying to attach to admin GUI on port 443 ..i am not using any SSL VPN on the fortigates.. i built the file as leaf + intermediate + root and uploaded it under local → certificates.. additionally also uploaded intermediate separately under CA - Remote Certs .. but still when i try to check the cert validitiy via openssl or ssl labs it says that chain is missing and the chain is not reflecting at all.. i even tried attaching the certificate as a pfx but still the same issue.. 

 

any help is appreciated in resolving this.. 

 

Thanks

4 replies

abelio
SuperUser
SuperUser
June 15, 2026

Hi,

If you've a comercial certificate like this issued by Sectigo, I asume you can build a PFX file with the private key  and make it available to import as PKCS#12 file
Also import CA certificate provided by Sectigo; 
That should be enough, without manipulation of leaf, intermediate etc, because Sectigo provides the complete CA and certificate file when signs.
If SSL Labs checks fails, and you have all certificate files provided by the CA, is often a matter of order of files.

hope it helps

 

lostboy10
lostboy10Author
Explorer II
June 16, 2026

i tried with the pfx file as well but still it shows intermediate missing.. i have also changed the order and tried every possible combination but still the same issue

abelio
SuperUser
SuperUser
June 16, 2026

Ok
we agree on this issue it's not related with the Fortigate; same problem would occur with that certificates directly configured in a webserver.
Import as a PFX container or using key, certificate etc, is the same thing; PFX way is easier because you only need container pass,
So, I'll explore the problem working with the certificate itself.
Remove all those certificates related with this, and restart; 
Sectigo provides several types of certifcate, and CA for each of them.

Also provides a bundle with all certificates signing its certificates
https://sectigostore.com/page/sectigo-ca-bundle/

Importing that bundle could cover all the variants

 

Hope it helps


​​

lostboy10
lostboy10Author
Explorer II
June 17, 2026

do i need to include the bundles in the above link while creating the pfx OR upload the bundle as a separate file under CA Certs ?

lostboy10
lostboy10Author
Explorer II
June 17, 2026

One more thing which i noticed was that when i run an openssl command against the Firewall IP .. it does not fetch the intermediate cert at all ..it just shows the leaf , that makes me wonder if there is something at fortigate which is not presenting the entire chain with the leaf… i double checked the pfx which was imported and it had leaf + intermediate so it doesnt seem like a pfx issue in that regard