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Certificate Management

Managing X.509 certificates for application authentication.

Certificate Lifecycle​

TODO: Document certificate lifecycle:

  1. Generation
  2. Distribution
  3. Usage
  4. Rotation
  5. Revocation

Certificate Generation​

TODO: Document how to generate certificates:

  • Self-signed for development
  • CA-signed for production
  • Bootstrap registration flow

Certificate Storage​

TODO: Document secure certificate storage:

  • File system permissions
  • Environment variables
  • Secrets management
  • Hardware security modules (HSM)

Certificate Rotation​

TODO: Document rotation procedures:

  • Planned rotation
  • Emergency rotation
  • Zero-downtime rotation

Certificate Revocation​

TODO: Document revocation:

  • Revocation lists
  • Certificate validation
  • Blocking revoked certificates

Best Practices​

TODO: Document best practices:

  • Use strong key sizes (RSA 4096, ECDSA P-256)
  • Protect private keys
  • Regular rotation (annually)
  • Monitor expiry dates
  • Use separate certs per environment
  • [App Authentication](../concepts/authentication-authorization.md#appauth context)
  • Node.js SDK