: Working with Trusted CA Certificates
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Working with Trusted CA Certificates

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Working with Trusted CA Certificates

From the Trusted CA Certificates page in Next-Gen Trust Security, you can view, add, download, and delete trusted CA certificates.
What is a CA certificate?
A CA certificate is a digital certificate issued by a certificate authority (CA). Clients such as web browsers use CA certificates to verify SSL/TLS certificates that are signed by the CA.

View trusted CA certificates

  1. Sign in to Next-Gen Trust Security.
  2. Click Insights > Trusted CA Certificates.
  3. In the left navigation pane, click a trusted CA certificate.
    The certificate details open in the right pane.

Add a trusted CA certificate using a Base64-encoded text file

  1. Click Insights > Trusted CA Certificates.
  2. In the toolbar, click Add.
  3. Using either Paste Base64 encoded text or Upload files, paste or upload the CA certificates you want to add.
    You can upload up to 200 certificates at a time.
    Note: Certificates must be encoded in Base64 format.
  4. Click Add.
The newly added CA certificates appear in the trusted certificate inventory and can be downloaded if needed.

Download a trusted CA certificate

  1. Click Insights > Trusted CA Certificates.
  2. In the left navigation pane, click the trusted CA certificate you want to download.
    Note: You can download only one certificate at a time.
  3. In the toolbar, click Download.

Delete a trusted CA certificate

Warning: Removing a trusted CA root certificate can cause previously issued certificates to fail trust validation. After deletion, verify affected certificates by reviewing their certificate chains in the Certificates inventory.
  1. Click Insights > Trusted CA Certificates.
  2. In the left navigation pane, select the trusted CA certificate you want to delete.
    To delete multiple certificates, select the checkbox next to each certificate.
  3. In the toolbar, click Delete.