Configuring Certificate Attributes

Configuring Attribute Information

Certificate Attributes are a CERT+ way of creating additional placeholder fields which can be used to track a certificate. An administrator can create one or more fields that a requester enrolling a certificate can fill and use for future tracking.

Before you Begin

The prerequisites for configuration the certificate attributes are as follows:

  • Certificate attributes are CA or organization-specific attributes, apart from the CSR parameters.
  • Once configured, these attributes will be shown to collect values during certificate enrollment.
  • Business units specific parameters can be stored for quick filtering and auditing.
  1. Go to (Menu) > CERT+ > ADMINISTRATION > Certificate Attributes.
  2. Click Add New.
  3. Configure the Attribute Information details as mentioned below.
    Table 1. Attribute Information Table
    Fields Description
    *Key ID Unique key for the attribute.

    Key ID must not start with special characters. No special characters except -, _ are allowed.
    *Label Name Attribute name which will be shown during certificate enrollment. E.g. Email Contact, Owner.

    Label name should not start with special characters. No special characters except -, _ and spaces are allowed.
    Mandatory Enable if this field needs to be mandatory.
    Default Value Set default value to the attribute.
    Note: These attributes support only text fields and are applicable for all CAs.
  4. Click Saveon the pop-up.

Deleting Certificate Attributes

  1. Go to (Menu) > CERT+ > ADMINISTRATION > Certificate Attributes.
  2. Under Actions, click Delete.

Updating Certificate Attributes

  1. Go to (Menu) > CERT+ > ADMINISTRATION and click Certificate Attributes.
  2. Select the Edit icon under Actions.
  3. Update the existing values.
  4. Click Update.

Viewing Certificate Attributes

Certificate Attributes in Certificate Enrollment

After configuring certificate attributes, these attributes will be displayed in the certificate enrollment page. We can provide values for these attributes. If the default values have been provided for these attributes in configuration, those values will be shown.
  1. Go to (Menu) > CERT+ > CERTIFICATE ACTION > Enroll Certificate.
  2. Select any one from Server or Client or Code Signing.

Certificate Attributes in Certificate Inventory

Provided attributes and their values will be shown in the certificate inventory along with the certificate information.
  1. Go to (Menu) > CERT+ > CERTIFICATE INVENTORY > select Server or Client or Code Signing.
  2. Click the Columns icon.
  3. Select certificate attributes to display in the certificate inventory.