
This is the certificate of your self signed root CA. However, the intermediate certificate is the tricky part I forgot.

The Private Key and Certificate fields are straight forward. You can define and upload a certificate there: Import certificate on your Synology There’s a nice new Security setting in the system settings. Configure the DiskStation to use the server certificate Be aware to use the assigned DNS name, otherwise your browser will complain when you try to connect to the web interface of the DiskStation. Create a certificate for your DiskStationĬreate a new Certificate for your DiskStation. A useful tool is XCA but you can also do this from the terminal. Start with a custom root CAįirst of all you need your own self-signed root CA. That’s why I’m showing you today how to configure the official Synology VPN server to use OpenVPN with client certificates instead of username/password. The holidays are near and I want to have access to my files on my Synology NAS, while I’m visiting my family.
