How to Install SSL on a Sonicwall Appliance (foxcomm.eu)

Modified on Wed, 20 Aug at 2:01 PM

Once the certificate is activated, validated and issued, it needs to be installed on your appliance from any SSL provider of your choosing.

First, you need to download your issued SSL certificate. Once the SSL is downloaded, please extract it and rename it to server.crt.

Note: Due to the peculiarity of the server, it is necessary to use default file names; SonicWall will identify the file without any issues:

2. Log into the SonicWALL SSL-VPN appliance portal.

3. After that, expand the System menu and click Certificates.

4. Then, it is needed to install CA certificates to make your website compatible with browsers.

5. On the System > Certificates page, in the Additional CA Certificates section, click Import CA Certificate:

Upload the file downloaded from the SSL Account Panel with the .ca-bundle extension:

6. In the Server Certificates section, click Import Certificate:

7. In the opened Import Certificate window, click Browse, locate and open the .zip file that you created.

8. Click Upload:

Once it is imported, the certificate will appear in the Server Certificates list on the System > Certificates page.

9. And now you need to configure your SSL Certificate.
a) On the System > Certificates page, in the Server Certificates section just right next to your SSL Certificate with the pending request, click the Configure icon.

b) At the next step, specify the password created during the CSR code generation.

c) Click the Submit button.

10. Now it is needed to implement the changes.

a) In the System > Certificates section, please select the corresponding certificate.

b) In the top right corner of this page, click Apply.

c) If you are not prompted to restart your SonicWALL SSL-VPN appliance, please restart it manually.

11. To restart the SonicWALL appliance, please expand the System menu and then click Restart:

12. The SSL Certificate has been successfully installed.

After the certificate is installed, you can check if it’s accurately installed using this tool: https://decoder.link/sslchecker.