Orchestrator Management

Orchestrators allow Keyfactor Command to perform operations on external systems, such as certificate discovery, enrollmentClosed Certificate enrollment refers to the process by which a user requests a digital certificate. The user must submit the request to a certificate authority (CA)., renewal, and synchronization. OrchestratorClosed Keyfactor orchestrators perform a variety of functions, including managing certificate stores and SSH key stores. management includes approving and maintaining individual orchestrators, as well as organizing orchestrators into pools for workload distribution and scalability.

The Orchestrator Management area is divided into two sections:

  • Orchestrator Management, which focuses on viewing and managing individual orchestrator instances that communicate with the Keyfactor Command server.

  • Orchestrator Pool Management, which is used to group orchestrators into pools that can be assigned to tasks such as discovery, monitoring, or synchronization.

Tip:  Where to find this in the Management Portal:
Orchestrators → Management
Tip:  Click the help icon () next to the Orchestrator Management page title to open the Keyfactor Software & Documentation Portal to this section. You will receive a prompt indicating:

You are being redirected to an external website ‘software.keyfactor.com'. Would you like to proceed?

You can also find Help in the NavigatorClosed The Navigator is the Keyfactor Command left-hand (newer versions) or top (older versions) navigation menu. Certificate collections and reports can be configured to be added to the menu using user-defined Show in Navigator settings.. From here you can choose to open either the Keyfactor Software & Documentation Portal at the home page or the Keyfactor API Endpoint Utility.

Keyfactor provides two sets of documentation: the On-Premises Documentation Suite and the Managed Services Documentation Suite. Which documentation set is accessed is determined by the Application Settings: On-Prem Documentation setting (see Application Settings: Console Tab).