The certificates managed by Certificate Manager come from one or more of the origins below.
| Certificate origin | See section | 
|---|---|
| Detected by the Discovery Scanners | |
| Imported into Certificate Manager | |
| Imported into Certificate Manager using the Certificate Manager API | |
| Issued using the Certificate Manager Web browser interface | |
| Provided by a source and inserted with source synchronization operations | |
| Imported with key manager synchronization operations | 
Operations you can take include:
- Browsing certificates
- Creating a certificate
- Automating certificate renewal
- Manually renewing a certificate
- Requesting a certificate renewal
- Editing a single certificate
- Editing certificates in bulk
- Revoking a certificate
- Revoking certificates in bulk
- Releasing a certificate from hold
- Exporting a certificate
- Importing certificates
- Archiving certificates
- Archiving certificates in bulk