Creating a CA Settings

Create CA Settings enables DevOps/CloudOps teams to create and configure CA Settings for their cluster as a Kubernetes Custom Resource Definition (CRD). This CA Settings CRD will reference the PKI policy defined for their specific cluster.

Prerequisites:

To create a CA Settings:

  1. Go to menu > KUBE+ > CLUSTER PKI > Issuer CA.
    On the Issuer CA page, the created Issuer CAs are displayed, if any.
  2. Click .
  3. On the Create CA Settings page, enter/select the policy information fields in the General Information section.
    Table 1. General Information - Field and Description Table
    Field Description
    CA Settings Name*

    Enter a unique name to represent the CA settings for one or more clusters. Alpha numerals and special characters (-) and (_) are allowed.
    Select Policy* Select a required Cluster Policy associated with the cluster.
    Group Name* Select a Certificate Group and the respective CA Issuer associated with the Group.
    Type* Choose a specific CA Account and the specific profiles or attributes required to send the certificate signing requests to the Certificate Authority.
    *: Mandatory field
  4. On the Create CA Settings page, enter/select the policy information fields in the Certificate Authority Setting section.
    Table 2. Certificate Authority Setting - Field and Description Table
    Field Description
    Certificate Authority Select a preferred certificate authority from the dropdown list.
    CA Account Select a preferred CA Account from the dropdown list.
    Connector Name Select preferred clusters from the dropdown list.
    Category* Select a certificate group from the dropdown list.
    *: Mandatory field
  5. Click Add.
    CA Setting is created.