Configuring Sectigo CA

To configure Sectigo CA,

  1. Log in to AppViewX application with valid credentials.

  2. Click the menu button located in the upper left corner of the screen.

    The left navigation pane appears.

  3. Click CERT+.

    The CERT+ left navigation pane appears.

  4. Expand ADMINISTRATION.

  5. Click Certificate Authority, and then select Sectigo.

    The Certificate Authority home page appears.



  6. Select +Add or Configure Now.
  7. Update the following details in the General Information section as described in the table:
    Name Description
    *CA Account name

    A unique name to identify the CA setting.

    Note: No special characters other than ‘.’, ‘-’,’_’ are allowed. The name must not start with special characters.
    *Purpose/ Usage

    Certificate Type for which CLM actions will be enabled. Eg. Server, Client
    Proxy Required Enable this field if the CA communication needs to happen via Proxy. The proxy details configured in general settings will be used for communication.
    Data Center (AppViewX's CA agent) Select the data center through which the CA communication needs to happen.
    Note: The asterisk (*) symbol indicates a mandatory field.
  8. Update the following details in the CA Configuration section as described in the table.These fields are necessary for invoking the Sectigo CA APIs for Certificate Management.
    Name Description

    *Base URL

    This URL will contain just the hostname of the Sectigo CA instance. Eg - https://cert-manager.com/customer/<<customer_uri>>/ssl- here base URL is https://cert-manager.com.

    Note: No special characters other than ‘.’, ‘-’,’_’ are allowed. The name must not start with special characters.
    *Login URL URI specific to the Sectigo CA Customer Account. Eghttps://cert-manager.com/customer/<<customer_uri>>/ssl- here URI is customer_uri.
    *User Name User name for the account created with Sectigo CA.
    *Password Password for the account created with Sectigo CA.

    *Organization ID

    		Sectigo supports organization hierarchy. Id of the Organization Unit/Department in which Certificates need to be managed has to be specified here. CLM actions done using this CA account will be specific to this particular organization's id/department.
    Note:

    • The asterisk (*) symbol indicates a mandatory field.

    • If the certificates from multiple organization's units/departments need to be managed, then a separate CA setting has to be created for each organization unit/department.

  9. Select Fetch Certificate Types.

    The Certificate types available for the CA account will be fetched from the Certificate Authority.

  10. Click Save.