How to export SSL certificate from SEPM and enable SSL for SEPM controller connections in EDR
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How to export SSL certificate from SEPM and enable SSL for SEPM controller connections in EDR

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Article ID: 178817

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Products

Advanced Threat Protection Platform Endpoint Protection Endpoint Protection with Endpoint Detection and Response

Issue/Introduction

Customer wants to know how to export SSL public certificate from SEPM and import it into the EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) in order to secure the communications .

Environment

SEPM:  All Versions
EDR:  All Versions

Resolution

Step 1 -  Export SEPM's SSL public certificate by connecting to the SEPM by using the URL below:

 http://<SEPM_IP>:9090/downloadServerCertificate
      Note:   http protocol, not https

Alternate method: 

     http://<SEPM_IP>:9090

 
Step 2 - Import the SEPM certificate by going to the EDR console (See respective numbered items in images below):

1) Global Settings
2) Scroll down to Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) Web servers section
3) Add or Edit an existing by respectively selecting the "Add server" link or the "Vertical Ellipses" drop down item named, "SEPM Controller Connection"
4) Select checkbox "Add SEPM SSL Certificate"
5) Select the "Browse" button and locate the certificate obtained from Step 1
6) Select the Save button to save the settings.