topic Re: Install Certificate on firewall in Firewall and Security Management

Install Certificate on firewall

siddu099 — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:20:21 GMT

Hi Team

I am currently accessing our Check Point firewall using the public IP address.

I would like to access it using an FQDN instead.

Kindly help me to resolve the issue

Thanks

Siddu

Re: Install Certificate on firewall

Vincent_Bacher — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:05:39 GMT

Hi,

first you need a DNS entry (A record) so that your FQDN points to the public IP of the firewall.
Then you have to create or request a certificate for this FQDN.

After that you can replace the default self-signed certificate with your new one.
This is described in a Check Point SecureKnowledge article.

Cheers

Re: Install Certificate on firewall

the_rock — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:41:23 GMT

Just to add to what Vin had said, which is 100% correct, below is the sk.

https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk97648

Re: Install Certificate on firewall

siddu099 — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:11:26 GMT

Hi Vincent,

I already mapped A record on my DNS portal

now can i follow below steps

Procedure:

Connect with SmartConsole to Security Management Server / Domain Management Server.
In the left panel, click the "Gateways & Servers" view.
Open the Security Gateway / Cluster object.
In the left panel, click the "Platform Portal" pane.
In the section "Certificate", click "Import" and select the certificate file.
Click OK to close the Security Gateway / Cluster object.
Install the Access Control policy.

Re: Install Certificate on firewall

the_rock — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:13:46 GMT

Thats it, just follow whats in the sk.

Re: Install Certificate on firewall

Vincent_Bacher — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:02:11 GMT

That’s it!