Axis P5624-E Mk II - Certificate Management; Date & Time Settings Synchronization

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SystemOptions
Aboutcerticates
Certicatesareusedtoauthenticatedevicesonanetwork.Typicalapplicationsincludeencryptedwebbrowsing(HTTPS),network
protectionviaIEEE802.1Xandsecureuploadofimagesandnoticationmessagesforexampleviaemail.Twotypesofcerticates
canbeusedwiththeAxisproduct:
Server/Clientcerticates-ToauthenticatetheAxisproduct.AServer/Clientcerticatecanbeself-signedorissuedbyaCerticate
Authority(CA).Aself-signedcerticateofferslimitedprotectionandcanbeusedbeforeaCA-issuedcerticatehasbeenobtained.
CAcerticates-Toauthenticatepeercerticates,forexamplethecerticateofanauthenticationserverincasetheAxisproductis
connectedtoanIEEE802.1Xprotectednetwork.TheAxisproductisshippedwithseveralpreinstalledCAcerticates.
Note
•Iftheproductisresettofactorydefault,allcerticates,exceptpreinstalledCAcerticates,willbedeleted.
•Iftheproductisresettofactorydefault,allpreinstalledCAcerticatesthathavebeendeletedwillbereinstalled.
Howtocreateaself-signedcerticate
1.GotoSetup>SystemOptions>Security>Certicates.
2.ClickCreateself-signedcerticateandprovidetherequestedinformation.
HowtocreateandinstallaCA-signedcerticate
1.Createaself-signedcerticate,seeHowtocreateaself-signedcerticateonpage46.
2.GotoSetup>SystemOptions>Security>Certicates.
3.ClickCreatecerticatesigningrequestandprovidetherequestedinformation.
4.CopythePEM-formattedrequestandsendtotheCAofyourchoice.
5.Whenthesignedcerticateisreturned,clickInstallcerticateanduploadthecerticate.
HowtoinstalladditionalCAcerticates
1.GotoSetup>SystemOptions>Security>Certicates.
2.ClickInstallcerticateanduploadthecerticate.
Date&Time
TheAxisproduct’sdateandtimesettingsareconguredunderSystemOptions>Date&Time.
CurrentServerTimedisplaysthecurrentdateandtime(24hclock).Thetimecanbedisplayedin12hclockinthetextoverlay(see
below).
Tochangethedateandtimesettings,selectthepreferredTimemodeunderNewServerTime:
•Synchronizewithcomputertime–Setsdateandtimeaccordingtothecomputer’sclock.Withthisoption,dateand
timearesetonceandwillnotbeupdatedautomatically.
•SynchronizewithNTPServer–ObtainsdateandtimefromanNTPserver.Withthisoption,dateandtimesettingsare
updatedcontinuously.ForinformationonNTPsettings,seeNTPCongurationonpage49.
IfusingahostnamefortheNTPserver,aDNSservermustbecongured.SeeDNSCongurationonpage49.
•Setmanually–Allowsyoutomanuallysetdateandtime.
IfusinganNTPserver,selectyourTimezonefromthedrop-downlist.Ifrequired,checkAutomaticallyadjustfordaylightsaving
timechanges.
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