System Setup and Software Installation Guide for Cisco Optical Site Manager, IOS XR

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Updated: March 2, 2026

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Overview

Use this task to view certificate details in the Cisco Optical Site Manager admin plane and renew the certificate when required.

Use this task to open the Certificates page and review the admin plane certificate details.

The Certificates page displays the certificate details.

Lifetime of self-signed admin plane certificates can be extended by five years. In HA deployments, run the renewal individually for each admin plane application.

Before you begin

Log in to the admin plane. See Log in to the admin plane.

Procedure

1.

Click Certificates in the left panel.
2.

If you need to renew the certificate, click Renew Certificate.

Note

Renewing the certificate requires restarting the admin plane container. The operation is blocked if any orchestrated operation is running on the admin plane, such as software download.

The Certificates page displays the admin plane certificate details. If you renew the certificate, the certificate lifetime is extended.

View and renew the certificate

Use this task to view and renew Admin Plane certificates.

Before you begin

Log in to the admin plane.

Procedure

1.

Click Certificates in the left panel.

The Certificates page displays the certificate details.
2.

If you need to renew the certificate, click Renew Certificate.

The Certificates page displays the certificate details. If you renew the certificate, the certificate lifetime is extended.

Generate and apply certificates

Certificates are required to enable security protocols for Cisco Optical Site Manager. Use this task to generate a self-signed certificate or upload your own certificate.

Before you begin

Log into Cisco Optical Site Manager .

Procedure

1.

Click Users & Access in the left panel.

The Users & Access page is displayed.

2.

Click the x509 Certificates tab.

3.

Click to expand the Certificates Configuration section.

4.

To automatically generate and apply certificate, click Auto Generate & Apply Certificate .

5.

To manually generate and apply certificates, perform these steps:

  1. In the Certificate file field, click the Select Files to select a certificate file in .crt , .cert , or .cer formats.

  2. In the Key file field, click the Select Files to select a key file in .key format.

  3. Click Apply to upload and apply the certificate.