Key concepts
List of key terms and concepts in DigiCert® Trust Lifecycle Manager:
- Agent
DigiCert software you install on your server systems to automate management of certificates on them.
- Business unit
Organizational units that you define to segment and allocate certificate issuance and management.
- Certificate
Certificates support digital trust through authentication, validation, and encryption of digital resources.
- Certificate profile
A predefined set of options for how to format and issue a particular type of certificates.
- Certificate template
Foundational records used as the starting point for creating certificate profiles.
- Connector
External accounts, appliances, and services connected to your DigiCert® Trust Lifecycle Manager account to support trust lifecycle management.
- DNS integration
An integrated application used for DNS-based domain validation checks.
- Enrollment
Certificate requests.
- Integration
All external software, devices, and connectors accessible from your DigiCert® Trust Lifecycle Manager account. Includes both DigiCert and third-party sources.
- Issuing CA
Root or intermediate certificate authority for issuing end-entity certificates. DigiCert® Trust Lifecycle Manager is CA agnostic, so you can manage certificates from a variety of issuing CAs.
- Lifecycle management
Tracking public and private certificates through enrollment, issuance, expiration, and renewal, as well as revocation and reissuance.
- Seat
Usage licenses for DigiCert® Trust Lifecycle Manager.
- Sensor
DigiCert software you install on your network to discover and automate management of certificates on network appliances and cloud services.