diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Trust/Api/CertController.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Trust/Api/CertController.php
index f71450059..4c373eb03 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Trust/Api/CertController.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Trust/Api/CertController.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 namespace OPNsense\Trust\Api;
 
 use OPNsense\Base\ApiMutableModelControllerBase;
+use OPNsense\Base\UserException;
 
 /**
  * Class CertController
@@ -39,9 +40,15 @@ class CertController extends ApiMutableModelControllerBase
     protected static $internalModelName = 'cert';
     protected static $internalModelClass = 'OPNsense\Trust\Cert';
 
+
+    protected function setBaseHook($node)
+    {
+        throw new UserException("Not allowed to save yet", (string)$node->action);
+    }
+
     public function searchAction()
     {
-        return $this->searchBase('cert', ['descr', 'caref', 'valid_from', 'valid_to']);
+        return $this->searchBase('cert', ['descr', 'caref', 'name', 'valid_from', 'valid_to']);
     }
     public function getAction($uuid = null)
     {
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Trust/forms/dialogCert.xml b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Trust/forms/dialogCert.xml
index 5438b17bd..419d20a98 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Trust/forms/dialogCert.xml
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Trust/forms/dialogCert.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 <form>
+    <field>
+        <id>cert.action</id>
+        <label>Method</label>
+        <type>dropdown</type>
+    </field>
     <field>
         <type>header</type>
         <label>General</label>
@@ -8,6 +13,16 @@
         <label>Description</label>
         <type>text</type>
     </field>
+    <field>
+        <id>cert.key</id>
+        <label>Key type</label>
+        <type>dropdown</type>
+    </field>
+    <field>
+        <id>cert.digest</id>
+        <label>Digest Algorithm</label>
+        <type>dropdown</type>
+    </field>
     <field>
         <id>cert.caref</id>
         <label>Issuer</label>
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/library/OPNsense/Trust/Store.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/library/OPNsense/Trust/Store.php
index 4a86b8ec2..67028549a 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/library/OPNsense/Trust/Store.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/library/OPNsense/Trust/Store.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace OPNsense\Trust;
 use OPNsense\Core\Config;
 
 /**
- * Wrapper around legacy trust store
+ * Wrapper around [legacy] trust store
  * @package OPNsense\Trust
  */
 class Store
@@ -125,4 +125,26 @@ class Store
         }
         return implode("\n", $chain);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a temporary config file, to help with calls that require properties that can only be set via the config file.
+     *
+     * @param $dn
+     * @return string The name of the temporary config file.
+     */
+    public static function createTempOpenSSLconfig($extns = [])
+    {
+        // define temp filename to use for openssl.cnf and add extensions values to it
+        $configFilename = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'ssl');
+
+        $template = file_get_contents('/usr/local/etc/ssl/opnsense.cnf');
+
+        foreach (array_keys($extns) as $extnTag) {
+            $template_extn = $extnTag . ' = ' . str_replace(array("\r", "\n"), '', $extns[$extnTag]);
+            // Overwrite the placeholders for this property
+            $template = str_replace('###OPNsense:' . $extnTag . '###', $template_extn, $template);
+        }
+        file_put_contents($configFilename, $template);
+        return $configFilename;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Trust/Cert.xml b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Trust/Cert.xml
index de0f55fbb..2992a1742 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Trust/Cert.xml
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Trust/Cert.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,42 @@
             <crt type="TextField"/>
             <csr type="TextField"/>
             <prv type="TextField"/>
+            <action type="OptionField" volatile="true">
+                <default>internal</default>
+                <required>Y</required>
+                <OptionValues>
+                    <internal>Create an internal Certificate</internal>
+                    <external>Create a Certificate Signing Request</external>
+                    <import>Import an existing Certificate</import>
+                    <sign>Sign a Certificate Signing Request</sign>
+                </OptionValues>
+            </action>
+            <key type="OptionField" volatile="true">
+                <required>Y</required>
+                <default>RSA-2048</default>
+                <OptionValues>
+                    <RSA-512>RSA-512</RSA-512>
+                    <RSA-1024>RSA-1024</RSA-1024>
+                    <RSA-2048>RSA-2048</RSA-2048>
+                    <RSA-3072>RSA-3072</RSA-3072>
+                    <RSA-4096>RSA-4096</RSA-4096>
+                    <RSA-8192>RSA-8192</RSA-8192>
+                    <EC-prime256v1>Elliptic Curve prime256v1</EC-prime256v1>
+                    <EC-secp384r1>Elliptic Curve secp384r1</EC-secp384r1>
+                    <EC-secp521r1>Elliptic Curve secp521r1</EC-secp521r1>
+                </OptionValues>
+            </key>
+            <digest type="OptionField" volatile="true">
+                <required>Y</required>
+                <default>sha256</default>
+                <OptionValues>
+                    <sha1>SHA1</sha1>
+                    <sha224>SHA224</sha224>
+                    <sha256>SHA256</sha256>
+                    <sha384>SHA384</sha384>
+                    <sha512>SHA512</sha512>
+                </OptionValues>
+            </digest>
             <city type="TextField" volatile="true">
                 <Mask>/^[^\x00-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\n]*$/</Mask>
             </city>
@@ -43,6 +79,7 @@
             <altnames_email type="TextField" volatile="true">
                 <Mask>/^[^\x00-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f]*$/</Mask>
             </altnames_email>
+            <name type="TextField" volatile="true"/>
             <valid_from type="TextField" volatile="true"/>
             <valid_to type="TextField" volatile="true"/>
         </cert>
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Trust/FieldTypes/CertificatesField.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Trust/FieldTypes/CertificatesField.php
index ed403565a..d9f4f0f61 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Trust/FieldTypes/CertificatesField.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Trust/FieldTypes/CertificatesField.php
@@ -54,9 +54,10 @@ class CertificatesField extends ArrayField
             if (!empty($cert_data)) {
                 $crt = @openssl_x509_parse($cert_data);
                 if ($crt !== null) {
-                    // valid from/to
+                    // valid from/to and name of this cert
                     $node->valid_from = $crt['validFrom_time_t'];
                     $node->valid_to = $crt['validTo_time_t'];
+                    $node->name = $crt['name'];
                     foreach ($issue_map as $key => $target) {
                         if (!empty($crt['issuer'][$key])) {
                             $node->$target = $crt['issuer'][$key];
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Trust/cert.volt b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Trust/cert.volt
index e98fd2626..46ca9602b 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Trust/cert.volt
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Trust/cert.volt
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
                        <th data-column-id="uuid" data-type="string" data-identifier="true" data-visible="false">{{ lang._('ID') }}</th>
                        <th data-column-id="descr" data-type="string">{{ lang._('Description') }}</th>
                        <th data-column-id="caref" data-type="string">{{ lang._('Issuer') }}</th>
+                       <th data-column-id="name" data-type="string">{{ lang._('Name') }}</th>
                        <th data-column-id="valid_from" data-type="datetime">{{ lang._('Valid from') }}</th>
                        <th data-column-id="valid_to" data-type="datetime">{{ lang._('Valid to') }}</th>
                        <th data-column-id="commands" data-width="7em" data-formatter="commands" data-sortable="false">{{ lang._('Commands') }}</th>