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Term |
Meaning |
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ACME |
Automated Certificate Management Environment protocol used to obtain and renew certificates from a certificate authority. |
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ARI |
ACME Renewal Information supplied by an ACME service to recommend when a certificate should be renewed. |
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Credential |
Named protected value used for authentication, private keys, tokens, or passphrases. |
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DCV |
Domain control validation. ActivCERT performs ACME DNS-01 validation through a configured DNS provider. |
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DNS provider |
Named provider configuration used to publish and verify ACME DNS-01 challenge records. |
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Issuer |
Configured certificate source, either an ACME service or the built-in TEST-CA. |
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Managed certificate |
Named certificate identity with an issuer, subject, SANs, policies, versions, and targets. |
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Target |
Guardian file or LightWave destination that receives and verifies a certificate version. |
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Task |
Persistent issuance, renewal, deployment, verification, rollback, or service-control operation. |
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Version |
One issued certificate belonging to a managed certificate, displayed as a per-certificate number starting at 1. |
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License |
Signed ActivCERT authorization for a product, Guardian system, support period, and optional trial expiration. |