Certificate Manager overview

Available in Classic and VPC

Certificate Manager is a service that allows you to issue, enroll, and manage certificates for use in associated services (Load Balancer, CDN+, etc.).

Certificate Manager provides the following features:

Certificate Manager provides the following features:

• Certificate registration and service integration: you can register a public SSL/TLS certificate and apply it to associated services (Classic/VPC Load Balancer, CDN+, and Global Edge)
• Certificate issuance and service integration: you can have a public SSL/TLS certificate issued and apply it to associated services (Classic/VPC Load Balancer, and Global Edge)
• Provide certificate information: various information is provided about the certificate to effectively manage certificates
• Certificate expiration notification: send notifications (SMS/Email) every 5 days starting 30 days before the expiration date of the registered certificate

About Certificate Manager user guide

Certificate Manager provides integrated services in Korea, U.S. Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Germany regions. The service details are identical for each region. Please find the following table of contents and the description to use the Certificate Manager smoothly.

• Certificate Manager overview: Certificate Manager introduction, helpful resources and FAQ guide
• Prerequisites for using Certificate Manager: specifications and the pricing information for using Certificate Manager
• Certificate Manager scenarios: introduction to the full process for using Certificate Manager
• Getting started with Certificate Manager: introduction to getting started with Certificate Manager
  • Subscribe and unsubscribe: introduction to subscription for using and cancellation of Certificate Manager
• Using Certificate Manager: introduction to using Certificate Manager
  • Certificate List: introduction to issuing, enrolling, and managing certificates
  • Notification Setting: introduction to setting notification recipients
• Managing Certificate Manager permissions: introduction to managing Certificate Manager permissions using Sub Account
• Certificate Manager glossary: terms you must know when using Certificate Manager
• Certificate Manager release notes: update history for Certificate Manager guide

Certificate Manager related resources

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

• Improvement in comprehension and usage methods for Certificate Manager

  • Certificate Manager API Guide: how to use API for Certificate Manager developers
  • Introduction to Certificate Manager blog: introduction to Certificate Manager in NAVER Cloud Platform official blog
  • Ncloud use environment guide: a user guide on VPC and Classic environments and supported features
  • Service Fee, Characteristics, Detailed Functions: a summary of the service fee, the characteristics and detailed functions of Certificate Manager
  • Latest service news: the latest news on Certificate Manager
  • FAQs: frequently asked questions from Certificate Manager users
  • Contact us: send direct inquiries in case of any unresolved questions that aren't answered by the user guide

• User guides for integrated services for using Certificate Manager

  • Sub Account user guide: how to use Sub Accounts that help manage Certificate Manager and its operation authorities
  • Resource Manager user guide: how to view and manage certificates registered in Certificate Manager
  • Load Balancer user guide: how to create HTTPS protocol Application Load Balancer by using certificates registered in Certificate Manager
  • CDN+ user guide: how to subscribe HTTPS protocol CDN+ by using certificates registered in Certificate Manager
  • Global Edge user guide: how to create HTTPS protocol Global Edge by using certificates registered in Certificate Manager
  • Image Optimizer user guide: how to create a project with HTTPS protocol CDN set up by using certificates registered in Certificate Manager

Check FAQs first.

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

Q. How do I view a certificate file using openssl?

• You can run the following commands to check your PEM file.
  • Commands to check a .pem certificate file

    openssl x509 -noout -text -in certificate.pem
    

• PKCS #7 files or CRT files can be checked after converting them to PEM files with the following commands.

  • Commands to convert PKCS #7 (.p7b) file to PEM (.pem) file

    openssl pkcs7 -print_certs -in certificate.p7b -out certificate.cer
    

  • Commands to convert CRT (.crt) file to PEM (.pem) file

    openssl x509 -in cert.crt -out cert.pem
    

Q. An error occurs while registering an external certificate: "The certificate is invalid."

Q. I am curious about the status and impact of the compatibility of the issued certificate.

• Issued certificates work properly with compatible operating systems and software. Before use, be sure to check the compatibility of the issued certificate.
• For information on symptoms that may occur due to compatibility issues, and solutions to them, see Certificate Compatibility and Root Certificate Installation.

Q. After applying the issued certificate, I cannot connect to the JAVA application.

• When communicating between servers (e.g., REST API) in a JAVA-based application environment, a root certificate must be installed on the client side to operate properly. Please use it after installing the root certificate by referring to Certificate Compatibility and Root Certificate Installation.