InCommon Certificate Service Guides and Demos

Guides and Demos

The InCommon Collaborate wiki includes a number of technical resources in addition to those listed below.

Guides

Administrator Guide for the CM (Certificate Manager)
27 January 2012
Start-up Documentation from the University of California, Berkeley
Domain approval process

Background Info

2048 bit SSL Certificates (info sheet)
Extended Validation SSL Certificates (info sheet)
Security and Certificates [PPT] (a presentation by Joe St. Sauver, June 30, 2011)

Demos

Learn more about the InCommon Cert Service and using the Certificate Services Manager, in these helpful screenshot videos.

Introduction to the Certificate Services Manager (CSM) (11:45)

- Certificate Management for SSL, Client, Code Signing
- Configuration of Certificate Specifications
- Organization and Departments
- Domain Management
- Notifications Options for Activities
- Encryption, Certificate Discovery on all known servers
- Email Templates
- Reports
- Creating and Managing RAOs & DRAOs

Create a Department and Set-Up a Department Administrator (10:13)

- Creating a Dept
- Configuring Dept Permissions
- Creating a Dept-level admin (DRAO)
- Requesting an SSL Certificate
- Downloading the SSL Certificate

Order an SSL Cert (4:09)

- Requesting an SSL Certificate
- Approving and Downloading the SSL Certificate
- Requesting a Wildcard Certificate