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title: "Certificates Tab"
slug: "certificatetab"
status: "new"
updated: 2024-10-15T12:02:46Z
published: 2024-10-15T12:02:46Z
canonical: "docs.zpesystems.com/certificatetab"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Certificates Tab

The **Certificates** tab serves as a central hub for creating and managing certificates. Certificates for the following two functions are managed on this page:

- **Certificate for Web server:**
  - You can create certificates that can be applied to the web server for secure communication.
  - The **Nodegrid-default certificate** is the default web server certificate generated by the system.
- **Certificates for IPsec tunnel:**

## The Webserver Certificate
  - You can create certificates that you can use while creating IPsec tunnels to ensure secure authentication, encrypted data transfer, and trust between VPN endpoints.

ZPE supports X.509 encoded certificates. This includes PCKS, PFX, DEM, and PEM formats.
- You can create a web server certificate or upload one created outside of the Nodegrid. The web server in the Nodegrid uses this certificate for all the HTTP and HTTPS communication via the web interface.
- For Nodegrid version 6.0.2 and above, a default webserver certificate is installed. This certificate is listed under the **Certificates** tab.
- If you have the certificate applied to the system, and you delete the certificate, the certificate will continue to remain applied to the system.

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See the following sections for information on creating a new certificate, uploading a certificate, applying a certificate, and deleting a certificate.