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cman
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October 21, 2025
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SAML SSO -> SP Certificate | Azure IdP

  • October 21, 2025
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I have SAML SSO enabled on the FortiGate using Azure as the IdP, and it's working well.

 

I'm now trying to enable the SP certificate. I tested several certificates from the FortiGate certificate list, but each one fails with the error:"Signature algorithm used to sign data is not supported."

 

The IdP metadata shows Azure requires this signature method in SAML metadata:

<SignatureMethod Algorithm="...rsa-sha256" />

 

How can I generate or issue a certificate on the FortiGate that will produce RSA with SHA-256 signatures via CLI? Please help with CLI commands or steps.

 

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Best answer by AEK

This is a CA certificate. If you have a certificate authority like AD or FortiAuthenticator, you can download it from there and install it on your FortiGate.

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AEK
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AEKAnswer
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October 22, 2025

This is a CA certificate. If you have a certificate authority like AD or FortiAuthenticator, you can download it from there and install it on your FortiGate.

AEK
cman
cmanAuthor
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October 22, 2025

Makes sense, guess the best option is to import instead of tring to create one fortigate. Thanks.