Understanding domains

Before requesting publicly trusted SSL certificates, you must add your domains to SCM and delegate them to organizations and departments for management.

Domains must be validated before publicly trusted certificates can be issued. For more information, see Validating domains.

Additionally, domains can be configured for certificate transparency (CT) log monitoring. This feature identifies any new public SSL certificates or precertificates issued for the domain, and automatically includes them in a designated certificate bucket for review. This process can help with the detection of unauthorized certificate issuance.

For more information on CT log monitoring, see Understanding Certificate Transparency (CT) Logs and Precertificates.

Domains can be managed on the Domains page.

The following table describes the settings and controls of the Domains page.

Column	Description
Name	The name of the domain.
Status	The current validation status of the domain. The valid values are: Validated — The domain control has been successfully validated. Action Required — Additional actions must be taken before validation can proceed. Expired — The domain control validation has expired.
Table controls
Filter	Enables you to sort the table information using custom filters.
Refresh	Refreshes the information presented in the table.
Admin controls
Add	Opens the Create Domain dialog where you can add a new domain.
Delete	Removes the selected domain.
Edit	Opens the Edit Domain dialog where you can manage domain details.
View Audit	Opens the Domain Audit dialog where you can view or download audit logs.
Delegate	Opens the Delegate Domain dialog where you can manage which organizations and departments the domain is delegated to and for which certificates.
Approve Delegation	Opens the View domain dialog where you can approve or reject the delegation of the domain to the selected organization or department.
Validate	Opens the DCV Request page where you can initiate validation of the selected domain.
Revalidate	Opens the DCV Request page where you can initiate revalidation of the selected domain.
Refresh validation status	Refreshes the validation status to match the DCV status in the Sectigo Public CA backend.
Clear DCV	Removes the validated status from the selected domain.
View Progress	Opens the DCV Progress dialog where you can view the validation progress and manually initiate CA DCV checks.
Continue Validation	Opens the DCV Request page where you can continue the validation process for the selected domain.
Cancel DCV Request	Cancels the validation request for the selected domain.

Column

Description

Name

The name of the domain.

Status

The current validation status of the domain.

The valid values are:

Validated — The domain control has been successfully validated.
Action Required — Additional actions must be taken before validation can proceed.
Expired — The domain control validation has expired.

Table controls

Filter

Enables you to sort the table information using custom filters.

Refresh

Refreshes the information presented in the table.

Admin controls

Add

Opens the Create Domain dialog where you can add a new domain.

Delete

Removes the selected domain.

Edit

Opens the Edit Domain dialog where you can manage domain details.

View Audit

Opens the Domain Audit dialog where you can view or download audit logs.

Delegate

Opens the Delegate Domain dialog where you can manage which organizations and departments the domain is delegated to and for which certificates.

Approve Delegation

Opens the View domain dialog where you can approve or reject the delegation of the domain to the selected organization or department.

Validate

Opens the DCV Request page where you can initiate validation of the selected domain.

Revalidate

Opens the DCV Request page where you can initiate revalidation of the selected domain.

Refresh validation status

Refreshes the validation status to match the DCV status in the Sectigo Public CA backend.

Clear DCV

Removes the validated status from the selected domain.

View Progress

Opens the DCV Progress dialog where you can view the validation progress and manually initiate CA DCV checks.

Continue Validation

Opens the DCV Request page where you can continue the validation process for the selected domain.

Cancel DCV Request

Cancels the validation request for the selected domain.