Active Administrator 8.6.3 - User Guide

Purging the logs

Purging the logs

Once the log files are no longer required, you can manually purge them from the server. The log files are stored in the Active Administrator server logging folder (c:\ProgramData\Quest\Active Administrator\Provisioning\Logs). Each file is prefaced with the type of provisioning, date, time stamp, and a unique identifier. For example, Provisioning 1/12/2022 5:09:20 AM (ID: 3aectj6h-89b0-4456-V57F-840246184h8h6)

To purge the logs

•	Browse to the logging folder in File Explorer, sort the file based on the name, and remove as needed.

 

 

Certificates

With the Certificates module, you can monitor and manage the certificates in your organization. This module enable you to view the certificates on a single computer, view all the certificates in your organization, and organize certificates into a virtual folder structure to ease management. Regardless of the view you choose, you can view, update, export, install, and remove certificates.

Using Certificate Management, you can organize certificates into a virtual folder structure, identify certificates that are about to expire and set up automatic email notifications. You can also see if certificates were deleted by system-provided tools, and you easily can reinstall the deleted certificate.

Using Certificate Authority, you can manage the Certificate Authority (CA) servers, the Active Directory Certificate Service (certsvc), and CA certificates within a selected forest. You can see the status of the certsvc and associated Active Directory objects, back up CA servers, view processing events, view certificate templates, and search for CA certificates and templates.

Using Certificate Repository, you can manage all the certificates you choose to add to the repository. You can sort the list to find the certificates that are about to expire, update the certificate, and install it on selected computers.

Using Certificate Search you can search for certificates based on a variety of search criteria. You can create multiple search definitions that search for certificates on managed computers, in certificate stores on selected computers, and in the Certificate Repository. From the search results, you can install, export, or add to the repository.

IMPORTANT: A license is required for the Certificates module. If you do not have a license for the Certificates module applied to your installation, the Certificates module is not available in the client. NOTE: Users must have the Certificate Management and the Certificate Management Viewer roles enabled to manage certificates. For read-only access to the Certificate module, users require only the Certificate Management Viewer role. See Defining role-based access.

Topics 

•	Using the Certificates landing page

•	Managing computers

•	Updating the list of certificates

•	Managing certificates

•	Viewing certificate details

•	Viewing the validation chain

•	Managing broken certificates

•	Sending email notifications

•	Reporting on certificates

•	Exporting certificates

•	Installing certificates

•	Deleting certificates

•	Managing Certificate Authority

•	Using the Certificate Repository

•	Searching certificates

Using the Certificates landing page

Using the Certificates landing page

The landing page displays the active tiles for each computer in the section. The active tiles automatically update every 30 minutes, but you can use the icons to refresh the tiles at any time. You also can pause and resume the refresh of data. To customize the active tile refresh, see Setting general user options.

NOTE: After initial installation, the Certificates Management landing page is empty. You must add at least one computer to activate the landing page. See Adding computers.

To use the Certificates landing page

1	Click Certificates.

Active tiles indicate the number of certificates in each state.

Table 1. Certificate states

State	Description
Valid	Certificate is within the validate date ranges, has not expired, is not broken, and has not been revoked.
Expires Soon	Certificate will expire soon.
Expired	Certificate has reached or surpassed its expiration date.
Revoked	Certificate has been revoked by the authority.
Parent Revoked	Certificate parent has been revoked by the authority.
Deleted	Certificate was deleted from the target computer.
Broken	Certificate managed by Active Administrator does not match the certificate installed on the target computer.

2	Click an active tile to open the Certification Management window for the computer.

Managing computers

Managing computers

To view certificates on a computer, you must add the computer. When you first add a computer, it is synced when you choose to display the certificates. Only those computers that are managed by the Certificate module are monitored for certificates. Managed computers are monitored based on the schedule set on the Certificate Configuration page (see Setting certificate configuration). You can turn off the dynamic monitoring of managed computers and sync them manually.

Topics 

•	Adding computers

•	Excluding stores

•	Removing computers

•	Disabling certificate management

To manage computers

1	Select Certificate | Certificate Management.

2	Click Computers.

3	Use the buttons to manage the list of computers.

 

Table 2. Computers to Manage Certificates options

Button	Description
Add	Add a computer to the list of managed computers. See Adding computers.
Remove	Remove the selected computers from the list of managed computers. See Removing computers.
Edit	Enable/disable the selected computer or edit the credentials on the selected computer. See Disabling certificate management and Adding computers.
Stores	Exclude selected stores on a specified computer from monitoring. See Excluding stores.
Test	Validate the connection to the selected computer.
Enable	Enable certificate management on the selected computers.
Disable	Disable certificate management on the selected computers. See Disabling certificate management.