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Chapter 3. CA: Handling Certificate Requests
NOTE
For more information on how to adjust parameters associated with certificate profiles,
such as defaults and constraints, see
5. Choose an action from the menu at the bottom of the page, and, optionally, add any comments
about the certificate.
• Approve Request. Approves the request and issues the certificate.
• Update Request. Updates the request with any modified information. The status of the request
does not change.
• Validate Request. Confirms that the request conforms to the constraints for issuing that type of
certificate. The request is confirmed as valid, or the system returns a list of fields that need to be
edited.
• Reject Request. Rejects the request.
• Cancel Request. Cancels the request without issuing a certificate or a rejection.
After the agent sets the action to Approve Request and clicks Submit, the certificate is generated
and available to the user through the end entities page. If notifications have been set, then an email
will be sent to the requester automatically.
3.4. Sending an Issued Certificate to the Requester
When the Certificate Manager has issued a certificate in response to a request, the user who
requested it must receive a copy to install locally. Users install user certificates, such as agent
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Profiles.
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