Private CA summary

Available in Classic and VPC

Private CA is a service that supports the building and operation of standard private certificate authorities (CAs) and provides the features to issue, manage, and revoke private certificates securely.

A variety of features Private CA offers

Please see below for detailed descriptions about the variety of features that Private CA offers.

• Easy certificate authority (CA) building and operation: Simple and easy building and chain configuration of CA which satisfies all recommended and specified standards.
• Management of issued and revoked certificates list (CRL): After issuing certificates, the list is managed in accordance with the X.509 standard. Revoked certificate list is also provided.
• Secure private key management: Robust security is maintained through Key Management Service
• Viewing certificate statuses: Private CA provides the online certificate status protocol (OCSP) to save you the trouble of checking for revocation status by updating CRL in real time.
• Strict access control and management of access records: All activities in Private CA are recorded to be able to be used as data for audits, etc.

About Private CA guide

The Private CA guide consists of the following topics to help you effectively use Private CA. The content that users can view in each topic is as follows.

• Private CA summary: Introduction to Private CA, related resources helpful for the use, and FAQ
• Private CA specifications: Required specifications to use Private CA, supported items, and restrictions
• Private CA concepts: Private CA's advantages, CA resource structure, CA statuses, concept of permission management
• Private CA scenario: Introduction to overall Private CA usage process
• Get started: How to start using Private CA
  • Subscribe and unsubscribe: Introduction to requesting and canceling Private CA subscriptions from NAVER Cloud Platform's console
• Using Private CA: How to use Private CA, such as creating and deleting private CAs, issuing and revoking private certificates, etc.
• Managing Private CA permissions: Introduction to managing permissions for Private CA using Sub Account
• Private CA terms: Introduction to important terms and their descriptions in using Private CA
• Private CA release notes: Update history of the Private CA guide

Private CA related resources

NAVER Cloud Platform provides a variety of related resources as well as guides to help customers better understand Private CA. If you are a developer or marketer in need of detailed information while you are considering adopting Private CA or establishing data related policies, then please make good use of the resources below.

• Improvement in comprehension and usage methods for Private CA
  • Introduction to pricing, characteristics, and detailed features: Summary of Private CA pricing system, characteristics, and detailed features of Private CA
  • Latest service news: Latest news related to Private CA
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions by Private CA users
  • Contact us: Send direct inquiries in case of any unresolved questions that aren't answered by the guides
• Guides for linked services required for the use of Private CA
  • Sub Account Guide: How to use Sub Account that helps the management of Private CA and administration permissions

Please check FAQs first.

You can get your questions answered quickly by referring to the answers in the FAQ before reading the guide. If you haven't found the answer to your question in the FAQ below, then search the guide for what you would like to know.

Q. Are the private keys in Private CA secure enough?
A. Private CA's private key is automatically generated through a series of procedures within the system, which is the same as Key Management System, and is safely stored. The Key Management System seals all features that use the private key. Access to the CA's private keys are thoroughly controlled, even for internal admins, and they can't be exported outside of the Private CA. It is also not allowed to arbitrarily import a private key generated externally.