Active Administrator 8.6.3 - User Guide

Viewing events

Viewing events

The Events tab displays events for a selected Certificate Authority (CA) server. Events are separated into processing events and all server events.

To view Certificate Authority events

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.

3	Open the Events tab.

4	Select a Certificate Authority server.

▪	The first scrollable list displays events related to Active Directory Certificate Services Request (Enrollment) Processing where the request was denied and other request processing issues.

▪	The second scrollable list displays all CA server events.

▪	To view details, double-click an event.

▪	The number of hours returned is set in the forest settings dialog. See Adding a forest.

▪	To sort the list, click a column header.

Configuring Certificate Authority notifications

Configuring Certificate Authority notifications

Various services make use of certificate authority. You can configure Active Administrator to monitor those services and email notifications when particular services are running or stopped.

NOTE: By default, services are monitored every 10 minutes to check for state changes. To change the monitoring time, use Configuration | Certificate Configuration | Certificate Authority. For more information, see Configuring certification authority.

To configure Certificate Authority notifications

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.

3	Click Notification Options.

4	Select a notification preference.

▪	Do not send notifications

▪	Send notification when the service has entered into a running state

▪	Send notification when the service has entered into a stopped state

▪	Send notification when the service enters into either a stopped or running state

5	Select the services to monitor.

6	Optionally, click Add to add an email address to receive notifications, enter the email address, and click OK to save the recipient.

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Optionally, select an email address, click Edit to change the address, and click OK to accept the changes.

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Optionally, select an email address and click Remove to remove the recipient.

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Click OK.

Viewing Certificate Authority backups

Viewing Certificate Authority backups

The Certificate Authority servers are backed up every 24 hours. You also can manually backup a server. See Managing Certificate Authority servers. Backup files are saved for 30 days. Use certutil.exe to restore the backup.

To view Certificate Authority backups

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.

3	Open the Backups tab.

The backups are organized by Certificate Authority server. Double-click a backup to obtain the path to and name of the backup file. Use certutil.exe to restore the backup.

Purging Certificate Authority backups

Purging Certificate Authority backups

The Certificate Authority backup files are saved for 30 days. See Viewing Certificate Authority backups. If the files need to be deleted more frequently, a purge of backup files can be scheduled or performed manually.

To schedule a purge of Certificate Authority backups

1	Select Certificate | Certificate Authority.

2	Click Backup Purging.

3	Select Purge Schedule.

4	Optionally, select Enable scheduled purging.

5	Optionally, change the number of days of Certificate Authority backups to keep.

6	Optionally, click Update to change the displayed schedule.

7	Click Save.

To manually purge Certificate Authority backups

1	Select Certificate | Certificate Authority.

2	Click Backup Purging.

3	Select Purge Schedule.

4	Optionally, change the number of days of Certificate Authority backups to keep.

5	Click Purge Now.

6	Click Yes to confirm the purge.