Certificate Requests
Submit a Certificate Request
- Click Requests from the left menu.
All the certificate requests (sent from ADSS Web RA and/ or added from Admin RA) related to the admin operator role will be listed here.
- Make sure the Certificate Requests tab is opened.
- Click from the grid header.
- A dialog will appear to specify the request details. The fields and their description are explained in the table below the screenshot.
- Specify the details and click Generate.
- The status of the certificate request will be shown as Approved in the requests listing, while the certificate status will be shown as Issued in the certificates listing.
- The certificate can be downloaded by clicking on the Download button once you open the certificate.
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1) CSR Validation policies only validate when Enable CSR Validation is set under Configurations > Policy. |
Feature |
Description |
Enterprise Name |
This drop down shows the list of enterprises to link a particular certificate request to selected enterprise. For Super Admin, all the enterprises will be listed. For an enterprise RAO, only those enterprises will be shown to which that enterprise RAO belongs to. For an Admin RAO, only those enterprises will be listed for which that Admin RAO can perform vetting against certificate requests, as allowed under External Services > Certification Profiles. |
Verification Type |
If Certificate Purpose is of TLS Server Authentication and in ADSS Service Profile the Verification Type is configured then the list will show up with following options, depending upon External Services > Certification Profile configurations.
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Key Store |
This is an uneditable field that displays the key store used to create a certificate |
Validity Period |
It is the duration for which an operator would like a certificate to be valid |
Approve / Decline a Certificate Request (With Dual Control)
- Click Requests from the left menu.
All the certificate requests (sent from ADSS Web RA and/ or added from Admin RA) related to the admin operator role will be listed here.
- Click Certificate Requests and then from the grid of a particular certificate to view it.
Scroll to the Vetting Form and you can choose between Approve and Decline.
Click Approve, the following screen will appear where you need to tick the check-box 'I have reviewed and verified the following details', then add a Message and click Ok to see a roaster message Certificate Request Approved.
Click Dual Control > Requests > View Request (of the approved certificate). Its status will appear as Reviewed.
The request will appear on the screen, where you will scroll through four steps (SDNs, Certificate Validity, Vetting Form and Message). Click on Approve and you will see a similar screen for approval. Once you click Ok, a roaster message will be displayed Certificate Generated.
The certificate will be listed under the Issued Certificate listing.