Custom CA

Prerequisites

The prerequisites for configuring Custom CA account in AppViewX are as follows:

Go to (Menu) > CERT+ > ADMINISTRATION > Certificate Authority.
From the displayed CA, Select Custom.
Click the Configure Now button or +Add icon from the middle or top-right of the page respectively.
The Custom home page is displayed.

Update the following details in the General Information section as described in the table:

Table 1. General Information - Field Description Table
Fields	Description
*Custom CA Name	A unique name to identify the CA name. No special characters allowed.
*Upload Custom CA Logo	Upload a logo for the custom CA. This logo will appear in the product representing the custom CA.
Custom CA Certificate	Upload a certificate for the custom CA. This certificate will become the root certificate. The <.pfx> and <.p12> are certificate types are supported.
: Mandatory fields*

Once the logo and certificate are uploaded, the entered CA will appear in the CA list with the logo presented.
Once the logo is added, users can click Configure Now to input the CA details.

Update the following details in the General Information section as described in the table:


Fields	Description
*Name	Client authentication certificate for API communication.
Data Center (AppViewX's CA agent)	Select the data center through which the CA communication needs to happen.
: Mandatory fields*

Update the following details in the ROOT CSR parameters section as described in the table:

Table 2. Root CSR - Field Description Table
Fields	Description
Common Name	The common name of the root certificate. Use Asterisk () for the host part of the FQDN to enforce the domain. For example, .domain.com will only allow users to request certificates with domain domain.com. Allowed Special Characters: Asterisk (*), Hyphen (-), Period (.)
Algorithm	Type of the root certificate.
Hash Function	The hash function for the root certificate.
Organization Unit	Name of the Organisation unit.
Key Length	Key length for the root certificate.
Organization	Organization attribute for the root certificate.
Locality	Locality attribute for the root certificate.
State or Province	State attribute for the root certificate.
Country	Country attribute for the root certificate.
Email Address	Email address for the root certificate.
: Mandatory fields*

Update the following details in the Root Validity section as described in the table.


Fields	Description
*Start Date	Start date of the certificate issuance.
*End Date	End date of the certificate issuance.
: Mandatory fields*

Click Save.
Once the setting is saved, the user will be directed to the root certificate submission holistic view as below.
Users can submit and fetch the root certificate.
On the CA setting page user can see the status of the created setting as shown below.