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# Certificate Authorities

Open **Unified Identities › Resources**, filter **Providers** to **Active Directory › Certificate Authority**, then select a row to open its details.

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## Certificate Authority Details

Opening a certificate authority shows the `Risk` and `Exposure Point` in its header, and the `Information` and `Issues` panes.

{% hint style="info" %}
You can analyze the object in the [Graph](/forestall/visualize/visualize.md) by clicking the **Graph »** button next to the `Information` title.
{% endhint %}

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## Information

`Information Pane` can contain different badges to highlight important attributes.

| Badge               | Description                                            |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Admin**           | Indicates that the object is Admin.                    |
| **Tier0**/**Tier2** | Indicates the tier of the object (`Tier0` or `Tier2`). |

`Information Pane` contains `Details`, `Certificate Templates`, `CA Certificates`, `Enrollment Agent Restrictions`, and `Certificate Manager Restrictions` tabs respectively.

## Details

Details tab contains attributes below about certificate authority object.

| Attribute                                          | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| -------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Display Name**                                   | The display name for an object. (**LDAP Display Name**: displayName)                                                                                                                                                              |
| **Enterprise CA Name**                             | Name of the CA server, specified in the ADCS installation.                                                                                                                                                                        |
| **Distinguished Name**                             | Active Directory distinguished name of the object. (**Ldap Display Name**: distinguishedName)                                                                                                                                     |
| **CA Certificate DN**                              | Full distinguished name from the CA certificate.                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **DNS Host Name**                                  | Fully qualified domain name of computer as registered in DNS. (**Ldap Display Name**: dNSHostName)                                                                                                                                |
| **Full Name**                                      | Combination of the DNSHostName and the Name of the certificate authority.                                                                                                                                                         |
| **Created Time**                                   | The date when this object was created. (**Ldap Display Name**: whenCreated)                                                                                                                                                       |
| **Last Changed Time**                              | The date when this object was last changed. (**Ldap Display Name**: whenChanged)                                                                                                                                                  |
| **Computer**                                       | FSName of the computer that contains the certificate authority instance.                                                                                                                                                          |
| **Root CA**                                        | Whether the certificate authority is an root certificate authority instance. The root certificate authorities are the first and may be the only certificate authorities configured in a Public Key Infrastructure(PKI) hierarchy. |
| **Enterprise CA**                                  | Whether the certificate authority is an enterprise certificate authority instance. Enterprise certificate authorities are domain members and typically online to issue certificates or certificate policies.                      |
| **Enrollee Supplies Subject**                      | Whether specifying a Subject Alternative Name (SAN) during certificate enrollment to any certificate template that is published by this certificate authority server has been allowed.                                            |
| **CA Flags**                                       | The certificate authority flags attribute stores the bitwise combination of the certificate authority server's capabilities.                                                                                                      |
| **Allow Web-Based Enrollment Methods**             | Whether the certificate authority server supports web-based enrollment for the clients.                                                                                                                                           |
| **CA Web Enrollment URLs**                         | Certificate authority web enrollment url addresses of the certificate authority.                                                                                                                                                  |
| **Certificate Enrollment Web Service URLs**        | Certificate enrollment web service url addresses of the certificate authority.                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Certificate Enrollment Policy Web Service URLs** | Certificate enrollment policy web service url addresses of the certificate authority.                                                                                                                                             |
| **Network Device Enrollment Service URLs**         | Network device enrollment url addresses of the certificate authority.                                                                                                                                                             |

## Certificate Templates

Certificate templates tab contains a list of certificate templates that generated on the certificate authority. This list also contains `Allow Domain Authentication`, `Enrollee Supplies Subject` and `Require Manager Approval` columns.

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## CA Certificates

CA Certificates tab contains a list of certificate authority certificates that belongs to the certificate authority. This list also contains `Root Certificate` and `In NT Auth Store` columns.

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## Enrollment Agent Restrictions

Enrollment Agent Restrictions tab contains a list of enrollment agent restriction definitions on the certificate authority. This list contains `Enrollment Agent`, `Template`, `On Behalf Of` and `Access` columns.

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## Certificate Manager Restrictions

Certificate Manager Restrictions tab contains a list of certificate manager restriction definitions on the certificate authority. This list contains `Certificate Manager`, `Template`, `Principal` and `Access` columns.

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## Issues

Issues pane contains identified issues on the certificate authority object.

![Issues](https://3408039743-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FObpV44hoVkNmo5bFuVVL%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-902656e74e92881a4b10aa8923e73df4b0704869%2Fad-identities-certificate-authorities-image-6.png?alt=media)
