Filtering the certificate inventory¶

The certificate inventory can grow to thousands of certificates. In order to help you find the certificate you're looking for, TLS Protect Cloud provides robust filtering capabilities.

You can create and save filters for quicker recall of the ones you use regularly.

Open the certificate inventory¶

Open the certificate inventory by going to Inventory > Certificates. At the top of the inventory list, you'll see filtering options:

Using the free-text filter box¶

When you enter key words into the free-text filter box and click Apply Filter, TLS Protect Cloud filters on the following certificate fields:

• Subject DN Common Name
• Subject Alternative Names DNS

Click Add Criteria to refine your filtered results.

Wildcard filters for certificates¶

A wildcard certificate is a public key certificate that can secure multiple subdomains of the primary domain. Compared with conventional certificates, a wildcard certificate can simplify the complexity and reduce costs by using a single certificate for a single primary domain and all associated subdomains.

The certificate includes a wildcard character (*) in the domain name field. For example, *.example.com will secure all these subdomains on the *.example.com domain:

• payment.example.com
• contact.example.com
• login-secure.example.com
• www.example.com

To filter for wildcard certificates:

1. Sign in to Venafi Control Plane.
2. Click Inventory > Certificates Next Gen.
3. Click Filters to open the filtering panel.

4. From the Columns drop-down list, select Certificate Name. Use contains as the operator, and then enter an asterisk (*) as the value.

   

   Tip

   Use the search field at the top of the certificate inventory page to include additional fields. Entering an asterisk there searches all fields.