Overview

Certificates establish keys for the encryption and decryption of data that Oracle Cloud applications exchange with other applications. Use the Certificates page in the Security Console functional area to work with certificates in either of two formats, PGP and X.509.

For each format, a certificate consists of a public key and a private key. The Certificates page displays one record for each certificate. Each record reports these values:

• Type: For a PGP certificate, "Public Key" is the only type. For an X.509 certificate, the type is either "Self-Signed Certificate" or "Trusted Certificate" (one signed by a certificate authority).

• Private Key: A check mark indicates that the certificate's private key is present. For either certificate format, the private key is present for your own certificates (those you generate in the Security Console). The private key is absent when a certificate belongs to an external source and you import it through the Security Console.

• Status: For a PGP certificate, the only value is "Not Applicable." (A PGP certificate has no status.) For an X.509 certificate, the status is derived from the certificate.

Click the Actions menu to take an appropriate action for a certificate. Actions include:

• Generate PGP or X.509 certificates.

• Generate signing requests to transform X.509 certificates from self-signed to trusted.

• Export or import PGP or X.509 certificates.

• Delete certificates.