Certificate Discovery
One of the most important tasks in managing the PKI Infrastructure is to know where the certificates are deployed and what is their state. Certificate Discovery
allows discovering the certificates in various sources.
The Certificate Discovery
works with the help of the Connector
that is implementing the Discovery Provider
Function Groups
.
The Connector
implementing the Discovery Provider
Function Group
has its own Attributes
for the inputs related to the discovery process.
The logic of the Certificate Discovery
is implemented by the Core
and specific discovery process by the Connector
.
Discovery Process
The following steps explain the process of Certificate Discovery
:
Client
defines theConnector
to initiate theCertificate Discovery
- Get the list of
Attributes
for the selectedConnector
andKind
- Provide the proper values for the input
Attributes
- Initiate
Certificate Discovery
Once the Core
receives the discovery request, Attributes
are forwarded to the Connector
. The Core
is checking the Connector
for the status of the discovery process. when the discovery is completed, Core
collects all Certificates
.
Operations
The Certificate Discovery
allows you to perform the following operations:
Operation | Description |
---|---|
Create | You can create a new discovery with any desired Connector that implements Discovery Provider Function Group . |
List | List of all discovery processes that has been initiated through the platform. The information includes the Connector and the Kind . |
Details | Provides details about the Certificate Discovery . |
Discovery Status
Status | Description |
---|---|
In Progress | The process has not finished yet |
Completed | The process has already finished |
Failed | Some errors have occurred |