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June 16th, 2025 13:50
Is there a guide or white paper on working with SSL certifcates on the Avamar ?
We have the cert.pem and chain.pem run at the avamar admin level. Also have server.crt as root. Each output shows us the dates have not expired yet. But I am struggling to understand what needs doing as customer has asked us to check or install or replace certificates. Yes i know this is very vague. When I browse to the Avamar UI I do get the Certificate is not secure when I 'accept' the risk that the connection is not secure. Any help or pointers will help
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June 19th, 2025 08:38
Avamar Product Security Guide document has instructions: "Install certificates signed by a certificate authority by using the AUI". The documentation is always version specific and you didn't specify your Avamar version. The document also requires logging in to Dell support site. Avamar 19.10 Info Hub | Dell US has a link.
In short, you upload the required files in System -> Certificate -> Private Key, and then you restart the web services when prompted.
SSL Certificates are a complex subject. Self-signed certificates are not in any way less secure as certificates from a CA, but it is unwise to instruct clients to just accept and continue whenever browser is warning about certificates or other things - they will do this on other sites as well and would be prone to man-in-the-middle and other attacks.