Introduction

From version 6.8 support has been added to allow the issuance of certificate credentials from EverTrust Horizon Certificate Authority (CA). This article will describe how you can configure and use a EverTrust Horizon CA to issue a certificate to a credential managed by vSEC:CMS.

In this article we will show you:

• How to setup a connection to c CA;
• Configure a template to issue an S/MINE certificate to a managed credential;
• Issue a credential.

Configure CA Connection

From Options - Connections - Certificate Authorities click Add. Enter a template name and from the drop-down list select EverTrustHorizon. In the URL enter the connection URL to the CA. In the Authentication section enter valid username and password to connect to the CA with. Click the Test button to ensure connectivity to the CA.

Click the Request fields button. Depending on how your certificate templates are configured and need to be used you may have different requirements here. In this example we will use 6 fields that we want vSEC:CMS to provide the data for. Click the Fields button. From the left window we will add the below fields and click Ok.

It will be necessary to assign values/variables that will be used to populate values to these fields and used when generating the certificate request (CSR). Click the whitespace (as circled below) to open a configuration dialog for the field you want to configure.

You can use variables that map to attribute values (variables will have ${} characters wrapped around them) or static string values.

Once complete you should see something like below.

You can click Templates and select Show all followed by Update to see all available certificate templates from your CA.

It is recommended to enable Proxy through server checkbox which will mean that all client certificate requests will be proxied through the server.

Configure Credential Template

The next step is to configure an actual credential template where the certificate that is to be issued to the credential token will be set.

1. From Templates - Card Templates click the Add button.

Click the Edit link beside General. Enter a template name. Presuming that you are using one of the minidriver credentials that is supported by vSEC:CMS select Minidriver (Generic minidriver card) for Card type. Leave all other settings as default and click Ok to close and save.

2. Click the Edit link beside Issue Card. In the User ID Options section enable Assign user ID and select the AD connection configured earlier in the drop-down list. In the Enroll Certificate Options section enable Enroll certificate(s) checkbox and click the Add button. Select the CA template from the Certificate authority drop-down list and select which CA certificate template you want to use and click Ok. Leave all other settings as is and scroll down to the bottom of the dialog and click Ok to save and close.

3. Click Ok to save and close the template configuration dialog.

Issue Credential

From the Lifecycle page attach a blank credential to your host. If it is a credential that is supported by vSEC:CMS you should see the reader and the credential similar to below.

Click the Issued oval and select the template from Select card template drop-down list and click Execute.

You will be prompted to enter your operator token passcode before the issuance will begin. Then you will be prompted to select the user from AD that the credential will be issued to. Select the user and at the end of the process you will get a short summary dialog of what operations were performed.

The credential will now show as Issued. The credential PIN by default will be blocked. You will need to set a PIN before you can use the credential. Click the Active oval followed by the Execute button. You will be prompted to authenticate again and then set a PIN that meets the policy supported on the credential.

Once you complete this then you can use the credential certificate for whatever use case it is intended.