How to export/back up certificates & private keys

Secure connections (SSL/TLS) : How to export/back up certificates & private keys

Because your X.509 certificates are vital for FortiWeb to protect HTTPS transactions, when preparing a full FortiWeb backup, make sure that your certificates are included. Should FortiWeb experience hardware failure, this will minimize time required for you to reconfigure a replacement appliance.


	To further guarantee service uptime from the perspective of your clients, deploy your FortiWeb in HA. See “Configuring a high availability (HA) FortiWeb cluster”.

Certificates and their private keys are not included when performing a manual backup from the web UI. Instead, you must back up via either:

• the CLI to a TFTP server (see “To back up the configuration via the CLI to a TFTP server”)

• a scheduled periodic upload to an FTP server, configurable from the web UI or CLI (see “To back up the configuration via the web UI to an FTP/SFTP server”)