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# CERTInext Overview

CERTInext is eMudhra’s enterprise-grade Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) platform designed to centrally discover, issue, monitor, automate, and renew digital certificates across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. It supports public and private PKI use cases, integrates with leading CAs and enterprise systems, and automates certificate workflows across applications, devices, users, and workloads to reduce outages and security risks caused by expired or unmanaged certificates. CERTInext provides real-time visibility, policy-based controls, role-based access, audit trails, and standards-based integrations, enabling organizations to maintain cryptographic hygiene, meet compliance requirements, and scale trust operations efficiently as part of their broader digital-trust strategy.

### Getting Started

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th><th data-hidden></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>What is CERTInext</strong></td><td>CERTInext is an enterprise certificate lifecycle management platform that centralizes discovery, issuance, renewal, automation, and governance of digital certificates across hybrid environments</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="https://docs.certinext.io/documentation/getting-started/what-is-certinext">https://docs.certinext.io/documentation/getting-started/what-is-certinext</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Key Concepts and Terminology</strong></td><td>CERTInext key concepts and terminology define the core components of certificate lifecycle management, including certificates, CAs, PKI, discovery, provisioning, renewal, automation, and governance across hybrid environments.</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/documentation/getting-started/key-concepts-and-terminology.md">Key Concepts and Terminology</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>CERTInext Architecture Overview</strong></td><td>CERTInext architecture outlines how Bots, APIs, CA connectors, and cloud services work together to centralize discovery, issuance, renewal, automation, and governance of digital certificates across hybrid environments.</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/documentation/getting-started/architecture-overview.md">Architecture Overview</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>User Roles and Access Model</strong></td><td>Explains role-based access control in CERTInext, defining permissions, approvals, and separation of duties for administrators, operators, and auditors.</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/documentation/getting-started/user-roles-and-access-model.md">User Roles and Access Model</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Supported Use Cases</strong></td><td>Outlines common CERTInext use cases including TLS management, DevOps automation, cloud workloads, internal PKI, and certificate governance at scale</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/documentation/getting-started/supported-use-cases.md">Supported Use Cases</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Quick Start Guide</strong></td><td>Guides new users through initial setup steps to access CERTInext, discover certificates, configure alerts, and begin managing certificate lifecycles quickly.</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/documentation/getting-started/quick-start-guide.md">Quick Start Guide</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Capabilities Overview</strong></td><td>Provides a summary of CERTInext capabilities including certificate discovery, inventory, issuance, renewal, policy enforcement, monitoring, reporting, and automation across enterprise environments.</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/documentation/getting-started/capabilities-overview.md">Capabilities Overview</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Navigating the interface</strong></td><td>Explains the main navigation structure, menus, and workflows, enabling users to quickly locate features and perform common certificate management tasks.</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/documentation/getting-started/navigating-the-certinext-interface.md">Navigating the CERTInext Interface</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Dashboard and Widgets</strong></td><td>The dashboard presents real-time visibility into certificate health, expirations, risks, and compliance using configurable widgets tailored to different operational roles.</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/documentation/getting-started/dashboard-and-widgets.md">Dashboard and Widgets</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Global Settings</strong></td><td>Covers system-wide configuration options such as notifications, integrations, security policies, and default behaviors that govern how CERTInext operates across the organization.</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/documentation/getting-started/global-settings.md">Global Settings</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Platform

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th><th data-hidden></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Certificate Lifecycle Management</strong></td><td>Covers end-to-end management of certificates including discovery, inventory, issuance, renewal, replacement, revocation, and retirement across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/documentation/certificate-lifecycle-management/ordering-a-certificate.md">Certificate Lifecycle Management</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Automation and DevOps</strong></td><td>Explains how CERTInext automates certificate workflows using protocols, APIs, agents, and integrations with DevOps tools, CI/CD pipelines, containers, and cloud platforms.</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="https://docs.certinext.io/documentation/automation-and-devops/automation-overview">https://docs.certinext.io/documentation/automation-and-devops/automation-overview</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Certificate Authorities and Trust Stores</strong></td><td>Describes managing integrations with public and private certificate authorities, internal PKI, root and intermediate certificates, and enterprise trust store configurations.</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="https://docs.certinext.io/documentation/certificate-authorities-and-trust-stores/supported-public-certifying-authorities">https://docs.certinext.io/documentation/certificate-authorities-and-trust-stores/supported-public-certifying-authorities</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Policies, Governance and Compliance</strong></td><td>Details how CertiNext enforces certificate policies, cryptographic standards, ownership controls, audit trails, and governance requirements to support security and regulatory compliance.</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="https://docs.certinext.io/documentation/policies-governance-and-compliance/policy-framework-overview">https://docs.certinext.io/documentation/policies-governance-and-compliance/policy-framework-overview</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>User Roles and Access Control</strong></td><td>Explains how role-based access control defines permissions, approvals, and separation of duties across administrators, operators, DevOps teams, and auditors.</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="https://docs.certinext.io/documentation/getting-started/user-roles-and-access-model">https://docs.certinext.io/documentation/getting-started/user-roles-and-access-model</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Monitoring, Alerts and Reporting</strong></td><td>Provides visibility into certificate health, expirations, and policy violations through dashboards, alerts, notifications, and reports to help prevent outages and security risks.</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="https://docs.certinext.io/documentation/monitoring-alerts-and-reporting/monitoring-overview">https://docs.certinext.io/documentation/monitoring-alerts-and-reporting/monitoring-overview</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Deployment and Operations</strong></td><td>Covers deployment models, scalability, high availability, backup, upgrades, and operational best practices for running CertiNext reliably in enterprise environments.</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="https://docs.certinext.io/documentation/deployment-and-operations/deployment-models-on-prem-cloud">https://docs.certinext.io/documentation/deployment-and-operations/deployment-models-on-prem-cloud</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Security Architecture</strong></td><td>Outlines CertiNext’s security design including data protection, encryption, secure communications, key handling, access controls, and vulnerability management practices.</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="https://docs.certinext.io/documentation/security-architecture/certinext-security-model">https://docs.certinext.io/documentation/security-architecture/certinext-security-model</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Troubleshooting and FAQs</strong></td><td>Offers guidance on resolving common issues related to discovery, automation, integrations, alerts, and connectivity, along with frequently asked questions.</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="https://docs.certinext.io/documentation/troubleshooting-and-faqs/general-troubleshooting-approach">https://docs.certinext.io/documentation/troubleshooting-and-faqs/general-troubleshooting-approach</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Support and Resources</strong></td><td>Explains how to access support, raise tickets, understand SLAs, collect logs, and use documentation, training, and additional enablement resources.</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="https://docs.certinext.io/documentation/support-and-resources/raising-a-support-ticket">https://docs.certinext.io/documentation/support-and-resources/raising-a-support-ticket</a></td></tr></tbody></table>