ACME
The ACME CA driver enables the Venafi Certificate Manager to request, renew and revoke certificates from CAs such as Let's Encrypt.
SOLUTION COMPONENTS
Certificate Manager, Self-Hosted, any CA that implements ACME protocol
VALUE HIGHLIGHTS
- Make it easier for all organization certificates to be visible and managed from a single interface: Venafi
- Reduce risk by centralizing CA policy in Venafi instead of delegating to application owners
- ACMEv2 client for requesting, renewing and revoking TLS machine identities
- Supports many different DNS providers for automating ACME domain validation
- Enables existing applications already being managed by Venafi to benefit from ACME CAs
CAs such as Let's Encrypt have made it much easier for application owners to request publicly-trusted certificates. Easier in terms of not having complex verification procedures before certificates can be issued, and also easier in terms of application software being able to request certificates without human involvement.
The ACME Adaptable CA enables the Certificate Manager, Self-Hosted to communicate with ACME CAs on the application's behalf, combining ACME's ease of obtaining certificates with Venafi's visibility, control, and powerful automation engine.
About ACME
ACME (Automated Certificate Management Environment) is a communications protocol for automating the issuance and domain validation procedures, allowing the automated deployment of public key infrastructure without user interaction. It was designed by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) for their Let's Encrypt service.
Certificate Manager, Self-Hosted is the product formerly known as Venafi Trust Protection Platform