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Registering a Key and Certificate or CA Certificate Obtained from an Issuing Authority

Install and register a key and certificate or CA certificate obtained from a digital certificate issuing authority to the machine before starting to use them.

Register the key and certificate or CA certificate using Remote UI from a computer. You cannot use the operation panel to register these. Administrator privileges are required.

Required Preparations

  • Check the conditions of the key and certificate or CA certificate usable with the machine.

  • When registering a key and certificate, check the password for the private key set in the file.

  1. Log in to the Remote UI in Administrator Mode.

  2. On the Portal page of Remote UI, click Settings/Registration.

  3. Click Device Management > Key and Certificate Settings or CA Certificate Settings.

    The Key and Certificate Settings screen or CA Certificate Settings screen is displayed.

  4. Click Register Key and Certificate or Register CA Certificate.

    The Register Key and Certificate screen or Register CA Certificate screen is displayed.

  5. Install the key and certificate file or CA certificate file.

    1. Click Install....

    2. Click Browse... in Specify File, and specify the file to be installed.

    3. Click Start Installation.

      The installed file is added to Installed Key and Certificate on the Register Key and Certificate screen or Installed CA Certificate on the Register CA Certificate screen.

  6. Registering the key and certificate or CA certificate.

    • When registering a key and certificate

    1. To the right of the key and certificate file to register, Click Register.

      The Enter Private Key Password screen is displayed.

    2. Enter the key name password using single-byte alphanumeric characters, and click OK.

      The registered key and certificate are added to Registered Key and Certificate on the Key and Certificate Settings screen.

    • When registering a CA certificate

      To the right of the CA certificate file to register, click Register.

      The registered CA certificate is added to Registered CA Certificate on the CA Certificate Settings screen.

  7. Logout from Remote UI.

NoteNote

    Viewing and Verifying Detailed Information of a Registered Certificate

  • Click the key name (or certificate icon) in Registered Key and Certificate on the Key and Certificate Settings screen to display the certificate details.

  • On the certificate details screen, click Verify Certificate to verify that the certificate is valid.

    • Viewing and Verifying Detailed Information of a Registered CA Certificate

  • Click the issued to location in Registered CA Certificate on the CA Certificate Settings screen to display the CA certificate details.

  • On the CA certificate details screen, click Verify Certificate to verify that the CA certificate is valid.

    • When the Key and Certificate or CA Certificate Cannot Be Deleted

  • You cannot delete a key and certificate being used. Disable the function being used, or delete these after switching to another key and certificate.

  • A preinstalled CA certificate cannot be deleted. If a preinstalled CA certificate is not required, click Disable to the right of the CA certificate.