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# Create a self-signed certificate

The appliance uses a certificate for authentication over SSL. The certificate contains a public key, and the appliance maintains the corresponding private key, which is uniquely tied to the public key.

A self-signed certificate indicates that a host vouches for itself, which, in some cases, might be adequate. By default, browsers do not trust self-signed certificates and display a warning.

A more secure alternative is a certificate issued by a third-party certificate authority. For information on these certificates, see Create a certificate signing request.

### Prerequisites

- Minimum required session ID privileges: Infrastructure administrator

- Required attributes:

  - Country

  - State or province

  - City or locality

  - Organization name

  - Common name (fully qualified host name of the appliance)

Creating a self-signed certificate using REST APIs
`PUT /rest/certificates/https`

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