Entrust MPKI CA

Prerequisites

Following are the prerequisites for configuring Entrust MPKI CA account in AppViewX:
  • An Entrust client authentication certificate and credentials having necessary access for CLM actions.
  • AppViewX server should either have internet access or have a proxy configured in AppViewX general settings. Check Proxy Setup for the steps to configure the proxy.

Configuring Entrust MPKI

To configure the Entrust MPKI CA:

  1. Go to menu > KUBE+ > CLUSTER PKI > Certificate Authority.
  2. Click the +Add icon on the top right of the page.
  3. Select the Entrust in the left side vendor list, and then select the Entrust MPKI tab.
  4. Update the following details in the General Information section as described in the table:
    Table 1. General Information - Field and Description Table
    Name Description
    *CA Account name

    A unique name to identify the CA setting.

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

    Certificate Type for which CLM actions will be enabled.

    For example: Server and 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.
    *: Mandatory fields
  5. Update the following details in the CA Configuration section as described in the table. These fields are necessary for invoking the Entrust MPKI CA APIs for Certificate Management.
    Table 2. CA Configuration - Field and Description Table
    Name Description
    *Client Authentication

    Client authentication certificate for API communication.

    Note: Must be a valid <.p12> file.
    *Base URL This URL will contain just the hostname of the Entrust CA instance. For example, https://api.entrust.net/enterprise/v2
    *: Mandatory fields
  6. Click Fetch CA and Profile Names.
    The attributes available for the CA account will be fetched from the Certificate Authority along with the CA and profile names.
    Note: The pop-up message is displayed as CA and profiles fetched.
  7. Click Save.
    The created Entrust MPKI configuration settings will be added.
    Note: The pop-up message is displayed as <CA_name> Settings Added.

Validating Entrust MPKI Connection

Once the Entrust settings are added, validation needs to be done to check whether the connection between AppViewX and Entrust is properly configured.

To validate the Entrust MPKI connection,

  1. Go to menu > KUBE+ > CLUSTER PKI > Certificate Authority
  2. Select the Entrust MPKI in the left side vendor list.
  3. Click Check to validate the CA setting that has been created.

    The CA communication will be validated and the Connection Status will be shown as either Success or Failure.