Destroying a CSR or Certificate (CLI)

Use this procedure to destroy a CSR or certificate.

Note:

Destroying a CSR also destroys the associated private key. Therefore, importing a certificate derived from that CSR will not be possible. Destroying a certificate also destroys the associated private key. Therefore, re-importing that certificate will not be possible.

After an ASN-based certificate is destroyed, a new ASN-based certificate is generated automatically without restart of the appliance software.

1. To view all certificate entries, go to the configuration settings certificates system context, and enter the list command.
2. To destroy a CSR or certificate, use the destroy command.

   hostname:configuration settings certificates system> destroy cert-002
   Caution: Destroying a certificate issued by a certificate authority also
   destroys the associated private key. Re-importing the certificate will not be possible.
   Destroy appliance certificate? (Y/N) y