About security settings

The Security settings enable you to:

  • Obtain and install an HPE public key, which verifies that:

    • Hewlett Packard Enterprise provided its software packages (RPMs) and updates.

    • The code has not been modified since it was signed.

  • Generate a self-signed certificate when authentication by a certificate authority is not required or available.

  • Generate a certificate signing request for a certificate that establishes the authenticity of your public keys and verifies them through a certificate authority. You can also import to the appliance the certificate granted by the certificate authority.

  • View certificate settings.

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