See below for browsing the certificate issuance and renewal requests.
To browse pending requests
- Log in as an administrator with one of the following roles.
- The global_admin role.
- The <ca>_admin role for the certificate authority configured in the requests.
- A Certificate Role for the certificate authority and certificate profile configured in the requests.
- Go to Control > Requests For Approval.
- Define request views.
- Unfold the Columns list to select the properties you want to display as columns.
- Click Show Filter Options to display a filtering form below each column name.
- Select Show Filter Options / Remove all filters to remove all filters.
- Select Show Filter Options / <column> to remove the filters on the <column> column.
- Click Show Filter Options to hide the filtering options and keep the filters.
- Click Items per page at the bottom of the page, select the number of items to view per page: 10, 25, 50, or 100.
- Click Reset layout to remove all the column and filter customizations.
- Click the refresh icon to rerun the query with the current filters.
- In the main grid, click the plus sign
to display the full details of a request. See below a reference of each field displayed on the grid or the request details.
Request Type
The type of request.
Value | Request type |
|---|---|
Internal request | Request created as explained in Making a certificate request or Requesting a certificate renewal. |
<public_form> | Request created by non-registered users using the Public Enrollment Form with |
Associated Certificate
The issued certificate (if any).
Actions
The actions supported by the pending request
Key Manager
The Key Manager that will generate the key pair, if any.
This field is only available in PKCS#12 requests.
Request ID
The request identifier.
Certificate Hub automatically generates this value.
BASIC INFO
Click the plus button and select the BASIC INFO tab to display additional basic information.
Setting | Description |
|---|---|
Requestor | The email address entered by an end-user on a Public Enrollment Form published online, or entered by an administrator as explained in Making a certificate request. |
Description | The certificate description entered by an end-user on a Public Enrollment Form published online, or entered by an administrator as explained in Making a certificate request. |
Status | The status of the certificate requests are Pending, Approved and Rejected. |
Comment | The reason behind rejecting a certificate request, if request gets rejected. |
Date Created | The date when an end-user requested the certificate using a Public Enrollment Form published online, or an administrator requested the certificate as explained in Making a certificate request. |
Last Modified | The date of the latest request modification, whether it should be request creation, request approval or request rejection. |
Authority | The issuing certificate authority configured in a Public Enrollment Form published online, or selected by an administrator as explained in Making a certificate request. |
Profile | The certificate authority profile configured for a Public Enrollment Form published online, or selected by an administrator as explained in Making a certificate request. |
Subject DN | The distinguished name (DN) of the certificate subject as defined or included in the certificate signing request (CSR) pasted by an end-user on a Public Enrollment Form published online, or pasted by an administrator as explained in Making a certificate request. |
SAN | The subject alternative name (SAN) entered by an end-user on a Public Enrollment Form published online, or entered by an administrator as explained in Making a certificate request. |
Subject Variables | The certificate subject variables, if required by the selected profile defined by an end-user on a Public Enrollment Form published online, or entered by an administrator as explained in Making a certificate request. |
DESTINATIONS
Click the plus button and select the DESTINATIONS tab to display the destination selected by an administrator as explained in Making a certificate request.
ACCESS TAGS
Click the plus button and select the ACCESS TAGS tab to display the Certificate Access Tags:
- Entered by an administrator as explained in Making a certificate request.
- Entered by an administrator when approving the certificate request.
CUSTOM FIELDS
Click the plus button and select the CUSTOM FIELDS tab to display the Custom Fields entered by an administrator as explained in Making a certificate request, entered by an administrator when approving the certificate request.
CSR INFORMATION
Click the plus button and select the CSR INFORMATION tab to display additional request information.
The selected certificate profile sets all the values described in the following table.
Setting | Description |
|---|---|
Subject | The Distinguished Name (DN) of the certificate subject. |
Public Key Algorithm | The name or OID of the certificate public key algorithm. |
Public Key Size | The size in bits of the certificate public key. |
Public Key Exponent | The exponent of the public key, if any. |
Signature Algorithm | The name or OID of the certificate signing algorithm. |
Attributes | The extension attributes present in the request (if any): Subject Alternative Names (SAN), Key Usages, Basic Constraints... |
EC Curve | The name of Elliptic Curve (EC), if the public key uses Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC). |
CERTIFICATES
Click the plus button and select the CERTIFICATES tab to display the request PEM encoding of:
- The certificate.
- The certificate certification chain.
- The certificate signing request (CSR).
REPLACES
Click the plus button and select the REPLACES tab to display the renewed certificate, if the request is a renewal request.