Overview

Certificates are designed to provide secure access to workloads deployed on the platform. These certificates are issued by a Certificate Authority, managed by a centralized certificate management system, securely (encrypted) stored in a database and subsequently assigned to the corresponding workload for SSL offloading.

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Certificate Creation

A certificate are of two types:

• Server Certificate
• CA Certificate

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Process Workflow

The image below describes the typical steps that are performed in a sequence.

flowchart TD
    A(Login to Console) --> B(Create New Certificate)
    B --> C(Enter/Upload Certificate)
    C --> D(Enter/Upload Private Key)
    D --> |if required| E(Enter Password)
    E --> F(Database)
    D --> F

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