Revoking a Client Certificate

Note: For the DevOps users, the issuing CA may disable the revoke action. In this case, a pop-up message, informing the user of this, is displayed. For enterprise users, the revoke action is enabled.
Important: Due to IDnomic API limitations, AppViewX is not notified when a certificate revocation request is declined. Hence, work orders for certificate revocation may still be shown as failing even if they are declined. This limitation will be addressed in the subsequent release versions.
  1. Go to (Menu) > CERT+ > CERTIFICATE ACTION > Revoke Certificate > Client.
    The Client Certificate page is displayed.
  2. To revoke a certificate,under Common Name, select the required certificate name.
    The certificate topology view for the selected certificate is displayed.
  3. From the (More) menu for the certificate, click Revoke.
    The Certificate Revoke dialog box is displayed.
  4. Note: This step is applicable only for revoking DigiCert CA certificates.
    In the Certificate Revoke dialog box, from the following options, select one to specify the certificate revoke Type:
    • Certificate

      Selecting this option will only revoke the certificate that was selected from the inventory. On the DigiCert CA portal, the order status will remain Active.

    • Order ID

      Selecting this option will display the Order ID field that is auto-populated with the order ID for the selected certificate.

      Revoking via this type will revoke all certificates belonging to this order ID.
  5. In the Certificate Revoke dialog box, from the dropdown list, select the reason for revoking the certificate.
  6. Enter your comments in the Comments text field (optional) and click Yes.
    The revoke process is initiated for the selected certificate.If the Approval Required checkbox was enabled on the Certificate Policy page, the request goes to the Approve and Implementation stages.
  7. On the certificate topology view, click Approve to proceed.
  8. In the Approve dialog box, enter your Comments.
  9. Click Yes.
  10. If the workflow request has to be approved automatically in the future, click Schedule later.
  11. Click Implement.
  12. Click the Implement button to proceed.
  13. In the Implement dialog box, enter your Comments.
  14. Click Yes.
  15. If the workflow request has to be approved automatically in the future, click Schedule later.
    After the certificate is revoked, the status updates to Completed.