CertEurope PKI

Prerequisites

  • A technical account should be created.

  • This technical account must have permissions to enroll and revoke SSL certificates on the desired domain(s).

Limitations

  • Only the following fields are managed: commonName and subjectAltName DNS.

  • For multi-valued fields (SAN DNS), if more data items are provided than configured in CCS for the given "Offer Identifier", the exceeding items will be ignored.

  • All limitations induced by the use of the CCS REST Connector.

Create the PKI connector

1. Log in to Horizon Administration Interface.

2. Access PKI from the drawer or card: PKI  PKI Connectors.

3. Click on Add icon.

4. Select the correct PKI type.

5. Click on the next button

General tab

6. Fill in the common mandatory fields:

  • Connector Name* (string input):
    Choose a meaningful connector name allowing to identify the mapping between the PKI and the Certificate Profile. It must be unique and must not contain spaces.

  • Proxy (string select):
    If the PKI is not directly reachable from Horizon, you can set up an HTTP/HTTPS proxy to properly forward the traffic.

  • PKI Queue (string select):
    The PKI Queue used to manage the PKI Requests (enrollment, revocation).

  • Timeout (finite duration):
    Represents a predefined interval of time without a PKI response, when the time has passed "Horizon" will cease trying to establish the communication. Must be a valid finite duration.

7. Click on the next button

Details tab

8. Fill in all mandatory fields:

  • Endpoint URL to the CSS partner API* (string input):
    URL to access the CertEurope web service API.

  • Technical account login* (string input):
    Login of the technical account created in CCS, usually an email address.

  • Technical account password* (string input):
    Password of the technical account created in CCS.

  • CCS offer identifier* (string input):
    The identifier of the offer within CCS.

  • Organization ID* (string input):
    Customer organization ID. For French companies, it’s usually the "SIREN".

  • Revocation reason (string select):
    Select from the drop down the default revocation reason.

  • Interval before retrying to retrieve certificate (finite duration):
    The default value is set to 21 seconds.

9. Click on the next button.

Authentication tab

10. Fill in the PKI-authentication fields:

  • Authentication PKCS#12* (import):
    PKCS#12 file containing the authentication certificate used to connect to the PKI.

  • PKCS#12 Password* (string input): Enter the password used to secure the aforementioned PKCS#12.

11. Click on the save button.

You can edit Edit PKI, duplicate Duplicate PKI or delete Delete PKI the CertEurope PKI connector.