| Description | This article explains how to avoid connection not secure warning pop up during connecting to the FortiPAM GUI via Firefox browser. |
| Scope | FortiPAM. |
| Solution |
Here is step by step how to avoid this warning:
This warning means the FortiPAM system is missing the FortiPAM GUI certificate signed by the FortiPAM CA certificate.
It is needed to create or generate a new certificate in the FortiPAM GUI, like this:
Follow the instructions, download, and install the Fortinet_CA_SSL CA certificate on each client machine.
Other details of the certificate are located in the Local Certificate:
Download and install both of the certificates shown in the photo above. The left certificate is the certificate that was generated in the steps before; the right is the Issuer (Fortinet_CA_SSL, located in: Local CA Certificate). Install them and locate them in: Local Machine -> Certificate Store -> Trusted Root Certification Authorities.
The last step, which has to be done in FortiPAM GUI, is to add the correct new certificate to the interface, check the SSL certificate section:
The last step is to add the Fortinet_CA_SSL to the Certificate settings in Firefox:
Check the connection; it should look like this: the connection is secure.
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