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Prerequisites

Before using DigiCert​​®​​ Trust Lifecycle Manager, work with your DigiCert ONE account representative to set up your DigiCert ONE account. A DigiCert system administrator helps you with these tasks in the separate DigiCert ONE Managers.

DigiCert ONE account

In DigiCert® Account Manager:

  • Add license files.

  • Create your primary DigiCert ONE account administrator.

  • Create your primary DigiCert ONE account and organization for the account.

Sources of trust

DigiCert​​®​​ Trust Lifecycle Manager lets you manage both private and public trust certificates issued from a variety of sources.

To manage private trust certificates from DigiCert® CA Manager:

  • For the following actions, contact your DigiCert account representative for help.

    • Set up private root and intermediate certificate authorities in DigiCert® CA Manager to issue your certificates.

    • Add HSMs and register the partitions.

    • Add domains for OCSP, AIA, and other policies.

    • Set defaults for OCSP, CRL, and AIA.

To manage public or private trust certificates from a linked DigiCert CertCentral account:

  • Contact your DigiCert account representative for help setting up your CertCentral account.

  • In  DigiCert® Account Manager, verify you have DigiCert​​®​​ Trust Lifecycle Manager "Manage CertCentral API KEY" permissions.