GoDaddy CA

Configuring GoDaddy

To configure the GoDaddy 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 GoDaddy in the left side vendor list.
  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.

    Example: 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.
    *: Mandatory fields
  5. Update the following details in the CA Configuration section as described in the table. These fields are necessary for invoking the GoDaddy CA APIs for Certificate Management.
    Table 2. CA Configuration - Field and Description Table
    Name Description
    *Base URL

    This URL will contain the Base URL of the GoDaddy CA API instance.

    For example: https://api.godaddy.com
    *Customer Number Each user will have a unique customer number which is used to obtain the certificates from the GoDaddy CA account.
    *API Key API key generated in the GoDaddy portal which is used for GoDaddy API communications.
    *API Secret API Secret generated in the GoDaddy portal which is used for GoDaddy API communications.
    First Name First name of the GoDaddy Account user’s name as provided in the portal to be used for certificate creation purposes.
    Last Name Last name of the GoDaddy Account user’s name as provided in the portal to be used for certificate creation purposes.
    Email Address

    Email Id of the GoDaddy Account user’s name as provided in the portal to be used for certificate creation purposes.

    Note: Valid email address.
    Phone Number

    Phone number of the GoDaddy Account user as provided in the portal to be used for certificate creation purposes.

    Note: Phone numbers must contain a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 15 numeric values.
    *: Mandatory fields
  6. Click Save.

Validating GoDaddy

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

  1. Go to menu > KUBE+ > CLUSTER PKI > Certificate Authority
  2. Select the GoDaddy in the left side vendor list
    The newly created and older settings are displayed in the grid.
  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.

View GoDaddy Product Units

Each GoDaddy account will have different types of SSL products and units, below said steps would allow users to know the availability of the products and their remaining units.

To view the GoDaddy product units:

  1. Go to menu > KUBE+ > CLUSTER PKI > Certificate Authority
  2. Select the GoDaddy in the left side vendor list
  3. On the GoDaddy page, click View to fetch the product types and the units available for the GoDaddy account configured. Once clicked, users can view the available and used product units.