Learn how to manage system and device certificates, including internal Certificate Authority (CA) configuration, trustpoint management, and security best practices for certificate lifecycles.
Configure the proxy
Information about configuring access to a proxy server.
Renew internal certificates
Information about renewing internal certificates for another year before they are set to expire.
Certificate and private key support
Information about Catalyst Center digital certificates and private keys.
Manage device certificates
Information about managing device certificates for managed devices to authenticate and identify the devices.
Configure the device certificate lifetime
Information about configuring device certificate lifetime. Catalyst Center lets you change the certificate lifetime of network devices that are managed and monitored by the private (internal) Catalyst Center's CA.
Certificate authority
A certificate authority (CA) is an entity that manages the certificates and keys that are used to establish and secure server-client connections.
Configure the device certificate trustpoint
Information about configuring the device certificate trustpoint for devices to send wired and wireless Assurance telemetry to Catalyst Center when Manages Device Trustpoint is disabled.
Configure trusted certificates
Catalyst Center supports the import and storage of a trusted certificate bundle from Cisco. This trusted certificate bundle is used by Cisco networking devices to authenticate Catalyst Center and its applications, upon the presentation of a valid professional third-party vendor issued or self-signed digital certificate.