KB40651 - How to generate or create a self signed certificate on the Pulse Connect Secure or Pulse Policy Secure devices.

This article provides information on how to generate or create a new self signed certificate on the Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) or Pulse Policy Secure devices.

The self signed certificate can be created only through the serial console access of the PCS or PPS device. Please follow the steps below to create a new self signed certificate:

1. Connect to PCS device through serial console access
2. From the list of options, select 4. System operations
3. Select 7. Install self-signed certificate
4. A prompt to install a newly-created RSA self-signed certificate on the internal port, enter ‘y’ to confirm the request.
5. Provide the certificate information (Common name, company/organization name, company address, Random key) on the next steps to generate self-signed certificate.

Note:  Pulse Secure does not recommend the self-signed certificate as a permanent solution for any production devices.  The recommendation is to purchase a device certificate from a public ca or utilizing a internal ca.