EJBCA Training Manual

Profiles

Introduction

Creating certificate and end entity profiles

Slide Deck: Profiles

Overview: The certificate profile contains X.509 attributes which are used in conjunction with the end entity profile - both of these come together to from the X.509 certificate for the end-entity. In this lab you will be working with the certificate and end-entity templates that have been provided with EJBCA. These will be used to create new certificate & end-entity profiles, which will be used during the various labs throughout the course.

Slide Reference

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Profile terminology


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Certificate creation process


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Certificate and End Entity profiles can be combined in MANY different ways