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Article Id 379074
Description

This article describes the reasons why importing a CA certificate fails on FortiPortal with the following error:

 

(1048, "Column 'issuer' cannot be null")

 

Scope FortiPortal.
Solution

Importing a CA certificate into FortiPortal under System -> Settings -> Certificates -> Import may fail with the following error:

 

'Save CA certificate error. (1048, 'Column issuer cannot be null')'

 

Cert_Import_Error.jpg

 

This error occurs due to an invalid certificate, such as a self-signed certificate.

FortiPortal does not support self-signed certificates and only accepts those signed by a trusted Certificate Authority (CA).