Active Administrator 8.7 - User Guide

Deleting certificates

Deleting certificates

Deleting a certificate from a selected computer removes the certificate from the selected computer only, and not from the repository. You also can delete certificates from the repository. See Deleting certificates from the repository.

To delete a certificate

1	Select Certificate | Certificate Management.

2	Select the computer or virtual folder to view the certificates.

3	Select a certificate, and click Delete.

4	Click Yes.

Managing Certificate Authority

Managing Certificate Authority

With the Certificate Authority feature, you can manage the Certificate Authority (CA) servers, the Active Directory Certificate Service (certsvc), and CA certificates within a selected forest. Quickly 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.

Topics 

•	Viewing a Certificate Authority summary

•	Adding a forest

•	Searching Certificate Authority

•	Managing Certificate Authority servers

•	Viewing certificate templates

•	Viewing events

•	Configuring Certificate Authority notifications

•	Viewing Certificate Authority backups

•	Purging Certificate Authority backups

•	Managing Purge History

Viewing a Certificate Authority summary

Viewing a Certificate Authority summary

The Summary tab lists all the Certificate Authority servers found in the selected forest along with status of the Active Directory Certificate Service, and required Active Directory objects.

To view Certificate Authority servers and objects

1	Select Certificate | Certificate Authority.

2	Select a forest from the list in the tool bar. If you do not see a forest, click Add forest. See Adding a forest.

 

Table 7. Summary tab

Detail	Description
CA Servers	Lists the CA servers in the selected forest. Details include the FQDN of the CA server name, the CA type, time and date of the last backup, and the overall status. The icons indicate the status of the Active Directory Certificate Service (certsvc) and required Active Directory objects (CA, AIA, CDP, KRA, and Enrollment). Open the Servers tab for details. See Managing Certificate Authority servers.
NT Authentication Certificates Certificate Authorities (CA)	Displays the path and lists the certificates, including the expiration date, and key usages. Click a certificate to view details and to install the certificate.
Enrollment Services	Displays the name, path, number of templates, and lists the certificates, including the expiration date, and key usages. Click a certificate to view details and to install the certificate.
Authority Information Access (AIA)	Displays the path and lists the certificates, including the expiration date, and key usages. Click a certificate to view details and to install the certificate.
CLR Distribution Point (CDP)	Displays the name and path of the CLR Distribution Points.
Recovery Agents (KRA)	Displays the name and path of the Key Recovery Agents.

Adding a forest

Adding a forest

Active Administrator® manages all Certificate Authority (CA) certificates in a forest.

To add a forest

1	Select Certificate | Certificate Authority.

2	Click Add Forest.

3	The CA management for the forest is enabled by default.

 

NOTE: Once you add a forest, you can disable the forest to remove it temporarily from CA management. Click Edit forest and clear the check box. To remove the forest permanently, click Remove forest.

4	Search caching is enabled by default. If enabled, Active Administrator searches the cache based on the configuration selected in Configuration | Certificate Authority. See Configuring certification authority.

 

NOTE: The search caching feature must be enabled in Configuration | Certificate Authority.

To override the cache setting and always search Active Directory for this forest, clear the check box.

5	Set the maximum number of events in hours to return in the search results. The default value is 48 hours of events.

6	By default, server backup is enabled for the forest. Enter the password for the account used to perform the backup. To disable backups, clear the check box.

7	By default the Active Administrator Foundation service (AFS) account is used to access the forest. To use a different account, select Specify account and enter the user name and password for the account.

NOTE: The specified account must have the rights to read the server configuration settings from the registry and to run backups.

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Click OK.