See below for creating a public enrollment form.

To create a public enrollment form

  1. Log in as an administrator with either: 
    • The global_admin role.
    • The <ca>_admin role for the certificate authority you will configure in the public enrollment form.
    • A  Certificate Role for the same certificate authority and certificate profile you will configure in the public enrollment form.
  2. Go to Control > Public Enrollment Forms.
  3. Click Create to configure the following configuration parameters.
  4. Click Create to expose the generated form on the Internet.
  5. Click Copy on the main grid to obtain the public URL.

Name

The identifier of the public enrollment form.

Owner

The email address of the person responsible for the public enrollment form.

The user who creates the public enrollment form is automatically made the owner. You can later edit this field and assign ownership to someone else. 

Description

A description of the public enrollment form.

Custom Fields

The Custom Fields whose value will be requested by the public enrollment form.

Authority

The Authority to issue the enrolled certificates. 

Profile

The certificate authority profile to issue the enrolled certificates. 

Profile Key Type

The key type specified by the Profile, if any.

Override required key type

Whether to override the Profile Key Type and allow different key types.

This field is displayed or omitted depending on the selected Profile.

Profile

Field visibility

A ​PKCS #12 profile (the CA generates the keys)

Never displayed.

A CSR profile

Only displayed when Profile Key Type is Unspecified.

Select allowed key types

The key types supported by the Certificate Signing Requests.

This field is displayed or omitted depending on the selected Profile.

Profile

Field visibility

A ​PKCS #12 profile (the CA generates the keys)

Never displayed.

A CSR profile

Only displayed when Profile Key Type is Unspecified or Override key type is enabled.

Minimum RSA Key Length

The minimum bit length for the RSA-type keys.

This field is displayed or omitted depending on the selected Profile.

Profile

Field visibility

A ​PKCS #12 profile (the CA generates the keys)

Never displayed.

A CSR profile

Always displayed.