GoDaddy CA

Prerequisites

The prerequisites for configuring GoDaddy CA in AppViewX are as follows:
  1. GoDaddy Customer Number, API key, and secret are required to make API Requests from AppViewX in order to perform CLM (Certificate Lifecycle Management) operations.
  2. AppViewX server should either have internet access or have a proxy configured in AppViewX general settings.
  3. Customer Number, API key, and secret configuration in GoDaddy Account:
    1. After logging into the GoDaddy portal with proper account credentials go tohttps://developer.godaddy.com/keys
    2. Users will be asked to add an optional name, and the secret will be displayed which needs to be copied and will not be displayed further.
    3. This API key and secret will be used for further communication.
    4. Customer Number details are available on the Accounts page of the GoDaddy website
  4. Product units should be available in the customer’s GoDaddy account to perform CLM operations.

Configuring GoDaddy

  1. Go to (Menu) > SIGN+ > ADMINISTRATION > Certificate Authority.
  2. From the displayed CA, Select GoDaddy.
    The GoDaddy home page is displayed.
  3. Click the Configure Now button or +Add icon from the middle or top-right of the page respectively.
    The GoDaddy configuration page is displayed.
  4. Update the following details in the General Information section as described in the table:
    Table 1. General Information - Field Description Table
    Fields 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 Description Table
    Fields 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.
  1. Go to (Menu) > SIGN+ > ADMINISTRATION > Certificate Authority.
  2. From the displayed CA, Select GoDaddy.
    The GoDaddy home page is displayed.
  3. In the Status column of the grid with the listed accounts, 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 has different types of SSL products and units. The below steps will allow users to know the availability of the products and their remaining units.
  1. Go to (Menu) > SIGN+ > ADMINISTRATION > Certificate Authority.
  2. From the displayed CA, Select GoDaddy.
    The GoDaddy home page is displayed.
  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.