Trustwave CA

Prerequisites

The prerequisites for configuring Trustwave CA account in AppViewX are as follows:
  • Trustwave API URL. Ex: https://testapi.ssl.trustwave.com/3.0/.
  • Valid credentials for communicating to Trustwave CA via API. The Username and Password are emailed when your account is set up by Trustwave. Additionally, users with admin access can create accounts in Trustwave by the following steps:
    1. Login to your Trustwave account and navigate to Account Management > Manage Users.
    2. Click +Add User
    3. In the Add a User pop-up, enter the relevant details and click Add User.
      Note: While assigning User Roles, minimum permissions are applicable to View and Request roles, and maximum permission are applicable to Administer and Scan roles.
  • The Reseller Id is an identifier assigned by Trustwave that uniquely identifies each customer's account.
  • Account details provided in Trustwave account such as Organization Name, Email address, Organization Address, City, State, Zip code, Country, and Phone number. (Details are available in your Trustwave account, Account Management > My Account.
  • Reachability from AppViewX southbound to Trustwave API URL via proxy or direct internet connection. AppViewX server should either have internet access or have a proxy configured in AppViewX general settings. Refer the Managing Proxy Settings documentation in the Platform guides.

Configuring Trustwave CA

  1. Go to (Menu) > CERT+ > ADMINISTRATION > Certificate Authority.
  2. From the displayed CA, select Trustwave.
    The Trustwave home page is displayed.
  3. Click the Configure Now button or +Add icon from the middle or top-right of the page respectively.
    The Trustwave CA details page is displayed.
  4. Configure the General Information details as follows:
    Table 1. General Information - Field Description Table
    Fields Description
    *CA Account name Provide an account name for the CA setting.
    *Purpose/Usage Choose the certificate categories that will be managed by this setting. Possible certificate categories could be:
    1. Server
    2. Code Signing
    Proxy Required Enable this field if the CA communication needs to happen via Proxy.
    Data Center (AppViewX's CA agent Choose the appropriate Data Center.
    *: Mandatory fields
  5. Configure the CA Configuration with information you want to configure:
    Table 2. CA Configuration - Field Description Table
    Fields Description
    *API URL The Trustwave API URL to communicate. E.g.: https://testapi.ssl.trustwave.com/3.0/
    *Username The username for API authentication.
    *Password The password for API authentication.
    *Reseller ID The Reseller Id for the account. An identifier assigned by Trustwave that uniquely identifies each customer's account.
    *: Mandatory fields
  6. Configure the Account Details with information you want to configure:
    Table 3. CA Configuration - Field Description Table
    Fields Description
    *Name The Organization name given in the Trustwave account.
    *Email Address The Administrator or organization email address given in the Trustwave account.
    *Address The Organization Address given in the Trustwave account.
    *City The city name given in the Trustwave account.
    *State The state name given in the Trustwave account.
    *Zip code The zip code given in the Trustwave account.
    *Country The country code given in the Trustwave account. E.g.: US.
    *Phone number The phone number given in the Trustwave account.
    *: Mandatory fields
  7. Click Save.
    In the CA instance inventory, the connection status is initially set to In Progress. Twice after this, this status is automatically checked and refreshed every 5 seconds. Once the CA instance is successfully configured, the status is updated to Success. Status checks after the first two times have to be done via a manual refresh.
    Note: In case the connection fails, you can manually verify the connection status by clicking the Check button in the Connection Status field.

Manually Validating the Trustwave CA Connection Status

  1. Go to (Menu) > CERT+ > ADMINISTRATION > Certificate Authority.
  2. From the displayed CA, select Trustwave.
  3. In the Status column of the grid with the listed accounts, click Check to validate the CA setting that is created.
    The CA communication will be validated and the Connection Status will be shown as either Success or Failure.