PFSense - Certificates - Create a User Certificate

A User Certificate is intended to be bound to a single user to provide identity and/or encryption services for that single entity.

Navigate to System → Cert Manager.

• Select the Certificates tab and create a User Certificate by pressing the “+” button.

In Add/Sign a New Certificate:

• Method: Create an Internal Certificate.
• Descriptive Name: PeterRoux-cert.

In Internal Certificate:

• Certificate authority: ShareWiz OpenVPN CA.
• Key Type: RSA.
• Key length: 2048 bit.
• Digest Algorithm: SHA 256.
• Lifetime: 3650. (10 years).
• Common Name: ShareWiz - OpenVPN CA.
• Country Code: JE.
• State or Province: <blank>.
• City: St. Helier.
• Organization: ShareWiz.
• Organizational Unit: <blank>.

In Certificate Attributes:

• Certificate Type: User Certificate.
• Alternative Names: <blank>.