Certificates page

The Certificates page lets you access data regarding your CA certificates, Sensor credentials, and Collector credentials. You can also renew your certifications from this page.

On the Certificate page, you can do the following.

• Generate a Certificate Authority.
• Renew a Certificate.
• Download the Certificate Bundle (.zip).
• Generate a Sensor Bundle using a generated or user-submitted password.
• Generate a Collector Bundle using a generated or user-submitted password. This bundle is generated using the specified bundle format.

Note:

For how to renew a certificate, see ../task/renew-a-certificate.html.

The following image shows the Certificates page.

Certificate Authority

In the Certificate Authority section, you can generate a new certificate by choosing the expiration date and selecting Generate CA.

Select the Download Certificate Bundle (.zip) link to download the file containing the Console's Certificate Authority and the server certificate. The certificates establish trust between these applications and confirms their communications are secure and encrypted.

Sensor Credentials

In the Sensor Credentials section, you can generate or submit a password for sensor credentials and then select Generate Bundle. The Sensor credentials are formatted in JSON.

Note:

The Sensor certificate automatically renews when the Console certificate is renewed.

Collector Credentials

In the Collector Credentials section, you can generate Collector credentials, generate a password bundle, and submit a bundle with either a ZIP file or a tar.gz (tgz) formatted file. Select the ZIP format for Window collectors and the tar.gz format for Linux collectors.

Note:

The Collector credentials are formatted in JSON.

When ready, select Generate Bundle.

Note:

The certificate for the Discovery Console for OT and the Discovery Sensor for OT automatically renews when it is within 30 days of its expiration date.