Certificates

Certificates are used to secure connections, verify the identity of a third-party and to sign data. The certificate management interface allows you to import, export, generate and delete certificates that are known to the Application Workspace server(s). Certificates are globally stored in the database and are known to all the servers in the same Application Workspace System.

Import new certificate

The following formats can be imported:

• Personal Information Exchange – PKCS #12 (.pfx is the commonly used filename extension)
• Base 64 encoded X.509 (.cer/.crt/.pem are the commonly used filename extensions)
• DER encoded binary X.509 (.der is the commonly used filename extension)

PKCS #12 is the only format supported that can contain a private key. If importing a PKCS #12 certificate format, provide also the password for the private key.

Create self-signed

Description - A description for the newly to be created certificate.
Common name - A valid formatted DNS name, e.g. “www.liquit.com” or “saml-idp”.
Days valid - The number of days the certificate is valid from the point of creation.
Key size - The size of the certificate keys, if in doubt, it’s recommended to use the default of 2048.

Export certificate

The following formats are supported for exporting:

• Personal Information Exchange – PKCS #12 (.pfx is the commonly used filename extension)
• Base 64 encoded X.509 (.cer/.crt/.pem are the commonly used filename extensions)
• DER encoded binary X.509 (.der is the commonly used filename extension)

PKCS #12 is only available when the certificate contains a private key, it also requires a password to protect the private key in the exported file.

Overview screen

Subject - The full name of the certificate.
Issuer - The full name of the entity that issued this certificate. In case of a self-signed certificate, it will be the same as the Subject.
Has private key - If the certificate also contains a private key next to the public key.
Not before - The date when this certificate becomes valid.
Not after - The date when this certificate expires.
Key size - The size of the keys.
Serial number - The serial number of the certificate; this is not per se unique and is decided by the certificate issuer.
Thumbprint - The checksum of the public key; this is a unique identifier for this certificate.
Description - A free fillable field where you can write the description of the certificate.

Tags screen

View, remove or add tags to your package. To add a tag, simply start typing in the lookup field for the desired tag and select it from the results lists. Or select the browse button at the right of the lookup field to open the Tags dialog box and view all the tags available. To view the details of a tag or edit it, double-click its entry.

Certificate Chain screen

The screen displays a certificate chain, or certification path, which is an ordered list of certificates used to authenticate an entity. The root CA certificate is always signed by the certificate authority (CA) itself and every certificate under it is trusted.

Dependencies screen

This screen displays an overview of the components that are using this certificate, for example identity providers, device registrations, domain or Splunk event collector.

Extensions screen

This will give a simplified overview of the X.509 extensions implemented into this certificate.

These v3 extensions allow certificates to be tailored to specific applications by allowing the inclusion of arbitrary fields to the certificate.

For self-signed generated certificates, this screen will be empty.

Auditing screen

View a comprehensive log of changes to this certificate, displaying the identity behind each modification.
This screen is available only if the auditing is enabled in the Database Event Collector. For more information, see Auditing.