Get an overview of the Certificate Manager operation with informational widgets.

A widget with no data to display will only include a description of the widget. This same description is available when clicking the (info) icon at the top-right corner. 

To browse and manage Certificate Manager widgets

  1. Log in as an administrator with either:
  2. Click the Dashboard command in the sidebar menu.
  3. Select the DASHBOARD tab.
  4. Click the gear icon to display the Dashboard Preferences menu. 
  5. Under Widgets, add or remove the following widgets.
  6. Under Layout, select your preferred number of columns to display the selected widgets.

Authorities

This widget lists the Authorities and the number of Certificates associated with each, including the authority certificate. Click the number beside an authority to browse the certificates issued by this authority.

Discovery

This widget lists the connections that failed during certificate discovery.

Expiring Certificates

This widget displays the number of Certificates matching the Expiring Soon system report. Click this number to browse these certificates.

See in Designing a report how to select the number of certificates in this widget.

Post Quantum Certificates

This widget displays different metrics on the post-quantum-ready certificates, such as the security level or the algorithms.

Reports Today

This widget shows information on the Reports programmed for the current day.

Signature Algorithm

This widget lists the number of certificates issued with each supported signature algorithm.

Today's Summary

This widget summarizes the Certificate Manager state in 3 columns.

  • The left column displays the number of notifications in the last 24 hours, and the number of certificates managed by Certificate Manager​.
  • The Post-Quantum Security Readiness central column displays the number of legacy vs post-quantum certificates.
  • The right column includes a three-dashes carousel to cycle different widgets.
    • Activity this week: Number of issued certificates, scheduled renewals, and archived certificates.
    • Plugins: Number of plugins of each type (key management, certificate destination, certificate source, notifications).
    • Sources: Configured certificate sources.
    • Missed connections: Missed connections with discovery agents and sources.

Certificate Requests

This widget displays the certificate requests created by the user. 

Users with the global_admin role can see the requests created by all users.

Domains

This widget lists the number of Domains in each state (inactive, expiring, pending, or active). Click the number beside a state to browse the domains in this state. 

Key Algorithm

This widget lists the number of certificates issued with each supported key algorithm.

Report retention

This widget lists the ⁠Reports that will expire in the coming days.

See in Editing a report schedule how to update the report retention period.

Scheduled Renewals

This widget displays the number of Certificates matching the Renewing Soon system filter (a number in red indicates that at least one certificate failed a previous renewal attempt). Click this number to browse these certificates. 

See in Designing a report how to select the number of certificates in this widget.

Sources

This widget lists the failed connections with the certificate sources.

Top 10 Certificate Issuers

This widget lists the 10 top certificate issuers and the number of certificates issued by each one, not counting an issuer self-signed certificate. Hover the mouse over the chart to check the number of certificates issued by a certificate issuer, click Certificates to browse the certificate details.