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Prerequisites for managed automation

To start using the managed automation solution for DigiCert​​®​​ Trust Lifecycle Manager, make sure these prerequisites are met.

Enable automation for your account

To use managed automation, your account must have the Automation feature enabled in DigiCert® Account Manager.

Contact your DigiCert account representative to verify or enable this feature.

Issuing CAs

You need one or more certificate authorities (CAs) that can issue certificates for your systems and endpoints under management.

Trust Lifecycle Manager is CA agnostic and allows you to automate private or public trust certificates from a variety of issuing CAs. You can get certificates from:

  • DigiCert® Private CA: An integrated PKI environment for issuing private certificates for your organization. Contact your DigiCert account representative for help setting up a private issuing CA in DigiCert Private CA.

  • Other issuing CAs: To get public or private certificates from an issuing CA outside of DigiCert Private CA, you need a CA connector. Select the preceding link for details about available CA connector types and how to set them up.

Seat licenses

Licensing requirements depend on which Trust Lifecycle Manager licensing model you subscribe to.

Current model

If your account uses the current licensing model, your subscription plan must include fully-managed automation and have available seat licenses.

Legacy model

If your account uses the legacy licensing model, you need one or both of the following seat types, depending on the certificate use case:

  • Server seats: Automate private certificates from issuing CAs in DigiCert Private CA.

  • Certificate management seats: Automate public or private certificates from issuing CAs outside of DigiCert Private CA.

注記

For more details about the current and legacy licensing models for Trust Lifecycle Manager, see ライセンスとプラン.