Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Control Components and Device Management Guide, Releases 26.x and Later

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Create a certificate signing request and install feature certificates

Updated: June 9, 2026

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Describes the steps to generate certificate signing requests and install feature certificates, ensuring secure communications for system logging services.

This procedure validates and authenticates devices and the syslog server.

Procedure

1.

From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Configuration > Certificates.
2.

From Certificates, select a device.

  1. Generate a feature certificate signing request (CSR).

    Refer to Certificate Management in the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Getting Started Guide.

    After you generate the feature CSR, the View Feature CSR and Install Feature certificate options are available. ​

  2. View and download the feature CSR.

    Refer to Certificate Management in the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Getting Started Guide.
3.

To sign the certificate, send the certificate to a third-party signing authority.
4.

Import the certificate into Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN devices.

Refer to Certificate Management in the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Getting Started Guide.

SD-WAN Manager uses the signed certificate and installs it on devices.

After the feature certificate installation is successful, options are available in SD-WAN Manager to revoke or view a feature certificate.