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Managing certificate profiles

Edit a certificate profile

  • Sectigo Public

  • Sectigo Private

  • Microsoft

  • AWS

  • DigiCert

  • Entrust

  • GCP

  1. Navigate to Enrollment  Certificate Profiles.

  2. Select the Sectigo Public CA certificate profile you want to edit, and click Edit.

  3. Update the profile details.

    1. Click the Edit icon in the top right of the Edit Certificate Profile dialog.

    2. Update the profile name as required.

    3. Update the profile description as required.

    4. Click Next.

  4. Complete the Edit Certificate Profile fields based on the information provided in the following table.

    Field Certificate Type Description

    Domain Policies

    SSL

    Specifies the types of domain names and IP addresses that can be used for certificate enrollment.

    Include Common Name in Certificate Subject

    Client

    Determines whether to include CN details in the certificate Subject field.

    The possible options are:

    • Public Organization Validated - When selected, the organization name is added into the CN of the subject.

    • Public Sponsored Validated - When selected, the applicant’s first and last names are concatenated and added into the CN of the subject.

    Include Email Address in Certificate Subject

    Client

    When selected, the primary email is used as the E (email) attribute in the certificate subject.

    Terms

    All

    The validity period of certificates issued using the certificate profile.

    Allowed Key Types

    Client, SSL, Device

    The key types (algorithms and sizes or curves) you want to allow for certificates created using the profile.

    The supported algorithms depend on the selected certificate template.

    Requires approval

    SSL, Device

    When selected, the certificate request requires the approval of an additional administrator (DRAO, RAO, or MRAO).

    Auto Revoke

    Client

    When selected, a person who reaches the max number of valid certificates will have their oldest certificate revoked automatically to allow the new enrollment to succeed.

    Key Usage

    Device

    The cryptographic purposes for which the certificate can be used (such as, key encipherment and signing).

    Extended Key Usage

    Device

    The higher level capabilities of the certificate (such as, server or client authentication).

    Max Number of Valid Certificates

    Client

    The maximum number of valid certificates a user can have from this profile.

  5. Click Save.

  1. Navigate to Enrollment  Certificate Profiles.

  2. Select the Sectigo Private CA certificate profile you want to edit, and click Edit.

  3. Update the profile details.

    1. Click the Edit icon in the top right of the Edit Certificate Profile dialog.

    2. Update the profile name as required.

    3. Update the profile description as required.

    4. Click Next.

  4. Complete the Edit Certificate Profile fields based on the information provided in the following table.

    Field Certificate Type Description

    Domain Policies

    SSL

    Specifies the types of domain names and IP addresses that can be used for certificate enrollment.

    Terms

    All

    The validity period of certificates issued using the specified certificate profile.

    Allowed Key Types

    Client, SSL, Device

    The key types (algorithms and sizes or curves) you want to allow for certificates created using the profile.

    Requires approval

    SSL, Device

    When selected, the certificate request requires the approval of an additional administrator (DRAO, RAO, or MRAO).

    Auto Revoke

    Client

    When selected, a person who reaches the max number of valid certificates will have their oldest certificate revoked automatically to allow the new enrollment to succeed.

    Key Usage

    Device

    The cryptographic purposes for which the certificate can be used (such as, key encipherment and signing).

    Extended Key Usage

    Device

    The higher level capabilities of the certificate (such as, server or client authentication).

    Max Number of Valid Certificates

    Client

    The maximum number of valid certificates a user can have from this profile.

  5. Click Save.

  1. Navigate to Enrollment  Certificate Profiles.

  2. Select The Microsoft CA certificate profile you want to edit, and click Edit.

  3. Update the profile details.

    1. Click the Edit icon in the top right of the Edit Certificate Profile dialog.

    2. Update the profile name as required.

    3. Update the profile description as required.

    4. Click Next.

  4. Complete the Edit Certificate Profile fields based on the information provided in the following table.

    Field Certificate Type Description

    Domain Policies

    SSL

    Specifies the types of domain names and IP addresses that can be used for certificate enrollment.

    Terms

    All

    The validity period of certificates issued using the specified certificate profile.

    Auto Revoke

    Client

    When selected, a person who reaches the max number of valid certificates will have their oldest certificate revoked automatically to allow the new enrollment to succeed.

    Max Number of Valid Certificates

    Client

    The maximum number of valid certificates a user can have from this profile.

    Requires approval

    SSL, Device

    When selected, the certificate request requires the approval of an additional administrator (DRAO, RAO, or MRAO).

    Allow Renew

    SSL

    When enabled, the option to renew certificates is available via the SCM UI and related APIs.

    Issuing CA

    All

    The CA’s Common Name.

    MS Template

    All

    The template assigned to the CA in AD.

    All MS templates must grant read and enroll access to the CA connector in order to function correctly.

    Build Subject from AD information

    All

    When selected, Active Directory information is used for the subject, otherwise it’s built from the request.

    In order to work, the selected template must have the following Issuance Requirement tab settings configured:

    • This number of authorized signatures selected and set as 1

    • Application policy set as Certificate Request Agent

  5. Click Save.

  1. Navigate to Enrollment  Certificate Profiles.

  2. Select the AWS CA certificate profile you want to edit, and click Edit.

  3. Update the profile details.

    1. Click the Edit icon in the top right of the Edit Certificate Profile dialog.

    2. Update the profile name as required.

    3. Update the profile description as required.

    4. Click Next.

  4. Update the profile details.

    1. Click the Edit icon in the top right of the Edit Certificate Profile dialog.

    2. Update the profile name as required.

    3. Update the profile description as required.

    4. Click Next.

  5. Complete the Edit Certificate Profile fields based on the information provided in the following table.

    Field Description

    AWS Private CA

    The name of the AWS private CA.

    Signature Algorithm

    The signature algorithm to be used when signing certificates.

    AWS Template

    The template assigned to the CA in ACM.

    Domain Policies

    Specifies the types of domain names and IP addresses that can be used for certificate enrollment.

    Terms

    The validity period of certificates issued using the specified certificate profile.

    Requires approval

    When selected, the certificate request requires the approval of an additional administrator (DRAO, RAO, or MRAO).

    Allow Renew

    When enabled, the option to renew certificates is available via the SCM UI and related APIs.

  6. Click Save.

  1. Navigate to Enrollment  Certificate Profiles.

  2. Select the DigiCert CA certificate profile you want to edit, and click Edit.

  3. Update the profile details.

    1. Click the Edit icon in the top right of the Edit Certificate Profile dialog.

    2. Update the profile name as required.

    3. Update the profile description as required.

    4. Click Next.

  4. Complete the Edit Certificate Profile fields based on the information provided in the following table.

    Field Description

    DigiCert Product

    The DigiCert product type to be linked with the certificate profile.

    Domain Policies

    Specifies the types of domain names and IP addresses that can be used for certificate enrollment.

    Terms

    The validity period of certificates issued using the specified certificate profile.

    Allowed Key Types

    The key types (algorithms and sizes or curves) you want to allow for certificates created using the profile.

    Requires approval

    When selected, the certificate request requires the approval of an additional administrator (DRAO, RAO, or MRAO).

    Allow Renew

    When enabled, the option to renew certificates is available via the SCM UI and related APIs.

  5. Click Save.

  1. Navigate to Enrollment  Certificate Profiles.

  2. Select the Entrust CA certificate profile you want to edit, and click Edit.

  3. Update the profile details.

    1. Click the Edit icon in the top right of the Edit Certificate Profile dialog.

    2. Update the profile name as required.

    3. Update the profile description as required.

    4. Click Next.

  4. Complete the Edit Certificate Profile fields based on the information provided in the following table.

    Field Description

    Entrust Template

    The Entrust product type to be linked with the certificate profile.

    Domain Policies

    Specifies the types of domain names and IP addresses that can be used for certificate enrollment.

    Terms

    The validity period of certificates issued using the specified certificate profile.

    Requires approval

    When selected, the certificate request requires the approval of an additional administrator (DRAO, RAO, or MRAO).

    Allow Renew

    When enabled, the option to renew certificates is available via the SCM UI and related APIs.

  5. Click Save.

  1. Navigate to Enrollment  Certificate Profiles.

  2. Select the GCP CA certificate profile you want to edit, and click Edit.

  3. Update the profile details.

    1. Click the Edit icon in the top right of the Edit Certificate Profile dialog.

    2. Update the profile name as required.

    3. Update the profile description as required.

    4. Click Next.

  4. Complete the Edit Certificate Profile fields based on the information provided in the following table.

    Field Description

    Google Cloud Certificate Authority

    The name of the GCP private CA.

    Google Cloud Template

    The template assigned to the CA in GCP.

    Domain Policies

    Specifies the types of domain names and IP addresses that can be used for certificate enrollment.

    Terms

    The validity period of certificates issued using the specified certificate profile.

    Requires approval

    When selected, the certificate request requires the approval of an additional administrator (DRAO, RAO, or MRAO).

    Allow Renew

    When enabled, the option to renew certificates is available via the SCM UI and related APIs.

  5. Click Save.

Click the Edit icon in the top right of the Edit Certificate Profile window to change the name or description of the certificate profile.

Delegate a certificate profile

  1. Navigate to Enrollment  Certificate Profiles.

  2. Select the certificate profile you want to delegate, and click Delegate.

  3. Specify the Delegation Mode based on the information in the following table.

    Field Description

    General

    When selected, the certificate profile is available for all organizations and departments.

    Customized

    When selected, the certificate profile is available for only the selected organizations and departments.

  4. Click Save.

Deleting certificate profiles

When deleting a certificate profile, you can select an alternate (superseding) profile to use when replacing or renewing certificates that were issued using the deleted profile. If you do not assign a superseding profile, existing certificates based on the deleted profile cannot be replaced, renewed, or downloaded.

A superseding profile must fulfill the following criteria:

  • It must use the same enrolling backend

  • It must be delegated to the same organization or department

Delete a certificate profile

  1. Navigate to Enrollment  Certificate Profiles.

  2. Select the certificate profile you want to delete, and click the Delete icon.

  3. (Optional) If prompted, select a superseding certificate profile.

  4. Click Delete.

Assign a superseding profile to a deleted certificate profile

  1. Navigate to Enrollment  Certificate Profiles.

  2. Select the deleted certificate profile you want to edit, and click Edit.

    If you can’t locate your deleted certificate profile, ensure that the Show deleted filter is enabled.

  3. Select a Superseding Certificate Profile.

  4. Click Next.

  5. Click Save.