Certificate Authorities

On the Certificate Authorities page of the Keyfactor Remote CA A certificate authority (CA) is an entity that issues digital certificates. Within Keyfactor Command, a CA may be a Microsoft CA or a Keyfactor gateway to a cloud-based or remote CA. Configuration Portal you create CA records that:

• Link the Keyfactor Remote CA Gateway Connector The Keyfactor Gateway Connector is installed in the customer forest to provide a connection between the on-premise CA and the Azure-hosted, Keyfactor managed Hosted Configuration Portal to provide support for synchronization, enrollment and management of certificates through the Azure-hosted instance of Keyfactor Command for the on-premise CA. It is supported on both Windows and Linux.(s) to the CA.
• Grant permissions for on-premise users to the CA for enrollment 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). and management via Keyfactor Command.
• Define templates/profiles that will be available for enrollment from the CA via Keyfactor Command.
• Configure a service account user that allows the Keyfactor Remote CA Gateway access to read records from the on-premise CA, enroll for certificates, and perform management tasks.
• Configure other settings to fully enable the CA, which vary depending in the type of CA.