Understanding CA connectors

Sectigo CA connectors integrate with SCM to manage certificates issued by AWS Private CA, DigiCert, Entrust, Google Cloud Certificate Authority Service (GCP CA Service), and Microsoft CA.

For more information about CA agnostic certificate lifecycle management, see Sectigo CA agnostic.

CA connectors can be managed on the Integrations CA Connectors page.

The following table describes the settings and controls of the CA Connectors page.

Column	Description
ID	The unique identifier for the connector
Name	The name of the connector
Status	The current connection status of the connector The valid values are: Connected — The connector is communicating with SCM Disconnected — the connector is not communicating with SCM Pending — Initial connection after install has not occurred
Comments	Comments providing additional details about the connector
Table controls
Search	Enables you to search CA connectors by name
Filter	Enables you to sort the table information using predefined groups and custom filters
Refresh	Refreshes the information presented in the table
Manage Columns	Enables you to select which table columns to display
Connector controls
Delete	Removes the CA connector
Edit	Opens the Edit CA Connector dialog where you can manage connector properties, connected servers, and downloads
Restore	Downloads the connector setup file for an existing connector This is useful if you have already configured, downloaded, and installed the connector on a server but need to re-install it for some reason. The new connector setup file is configured with the same parameters specified for the initial agent.
View Audit	Opens the CA Connector Audit dialog where you can view or download audit logs

Column

Description

The unique identifier for the connector

Name

The name of the connector

Status

The current connection status of the connector

The valid values are:

Connected — The connector is communicating with SCM
Disconnected — the connector is not communicating with SCM
Pending — Initial connection after install has not occurred

Comments

Comments providing additional details about the connector

Table controls

Enables you to search CA connectors by name

Filter

Enables you to sort the table information using predefined groups and custom filters

Refresh

Refreshes the information presented in the table

Manage Columns

Enables you to select which table columns to display

Connector controls

Delete

Removes the CA connector

Edit

Opens the Edit CA Connector dialog where you can manage connector properties, connected servers, and downloads

Restore

Downloads the connector setup file for an existing connector

This is useful if you have already configured, downloaded, and installed the connector on a server but need to re-install it for some reason. The new connector setup file is configured with the same parameters specified for the initial agent.

View Audit

Opens the CA Connector Audit dialog where you can view or download audit logs

Supported Certificate Types

The supported certificate types vary by CA. The following table shows which certificate types are supported by each CA.

CA Type	Private SSL	DV SSL	OV SSL	EV SSL	Client Cert	Device Cert	Code Signing Cert
AWS Private CA	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
DigiCert	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Entrust	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
GCP CA Service	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Microsoft CA	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

CA Type

Private SSL

DV SSL

OV SSL

EV SSL

Client Cert

Device Cert

Code Signing Cert

AWS Private CA

Yes

DigiCert

Yes

Entrust

Yes

GCP CA Service

Yes

Microsoft CA

Yes