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Organizational CA Certificates Property Page

This page allows you to manage the properties of the public key and self-signed certificates that belong to the Organizational CA. By clicking on a certificate nickname, you can view the details of the certificate. You can also view the certificate chain by clicking on the + box in front of the certificate name. This expands the view, showing each certificate in the chain.

Export
This option opens a new dialog box that allows you to export the public key certificate in DER or Base64 format, or the public key certificate, certificate chain, and private key in PKCS #12 (PFX) format.

Replace
This option allows you to replace the contents of this certificate by reading in new content from a PKCS12 (PFX) file. You might use this option if your certificate has expired.

Revoke
Use Revoke if you want to retain the certificate in eDirectory but do not want the certificate to be used. Select a certificate and click Revoke to start the Revoke Certificate wizard.

Validate and Certificate Status
There are two ways to check the validity of a certificate. You can select the certificate you want to validate, then click Validate from the menu options or you can click Validate next to the certificate nickname. Either option starts a validation test on the certificate that checks to see if the certificate, and all certificates in its certificate chain, are valid. The validation test reports the status and a reason, if applicable. The status then appears in the Certificate Status field.

The validation test can return one of two values:

To see a list of reasons why a certificate may be invalid, click here.

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