Certificates
Certificates a connection trusts or presents. A trusted CA lets a connection verify a server whose certificate your own authority issued; a client certificate is presented to the server (mutual TLS). What a certificate says about itself is read from it. A private key is sealed on the way in and never shown again.
Where to find it
- Module: Platform
- Group: Connectivity
- Section: Integration
- Screen: Certificates
Address in the console: /platform/certificates
List · 11 columns · 5 fields on its form · 4 of them required · 1 action
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Certificate | Code | code |
| Name | Text | name |
| Kind | Status | kind |
| Subject | Text | subject |
| Issuer | Text | issuer |
| Valid until | Date | not_after |
| Days left | Number | days_left |
| Validity | Status | validity |
| Key stored | Yes or no | has_key |
| Connections | Number | used_by |
| Active | Yes or no | is_active |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate code required | Text | ||
| Name required | Text | ||
| Kind required | Choice | ca, client | ca = a certificate authority this company trusts. client = presented by TRANXACT to the server. |
| Certificate (PEM) required | Long text | From -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- to -----END CERTIFICATE-----. A chain may follow the first certificate. | |
| Active | Yes or no |
What you can do here
Store private key
Store the private key
Asks for: Private key (PEM)*
* required
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.