Updated on 2024-04-18 GMT+08:00

Certificate and Private Key Format

Certificate Format

You can copy and paste the certificate body to create a certificate or directly upload the certificate.

A certificate issued by the Root CA is unique, and no additional certificates are required. The configured site is considered trustable by access devices such as a browser.

The body of the server and CA certificates must meet the following requirements:

The body of SM signing and encryption certificates must meet the following requirements:

  • The content starts with -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and ends with -----END CERTIFICATE-----.
  • Each row contains 64 characters except the last row.
  • There are no empty rows.

The following is an example:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----

Private Key Format

When creating a server certificate or server SM certificate, you also need to upload the private key of the certificate. You can copy and paste the private key content or directly upload the private key in the required format.

The private keys of server SM certificates must meet the requirements as described below.

Private keys must be unencrypted and meet the following requirements:

  • The value must be in PEM format.
    • The content must start with -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- and end with -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----.
    • The content must start with -----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY----- and end with -----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----.
  • There are no empty rows. Each row must contain 64 characters except the last row.

The following is an example:

-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----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-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----