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Entry Points for Various Types of Users
68 Netscape Certificate Management System Installation and Setup Guide • October 2001
Agent Services Interface
As an administrator, you can designate privileged users, called agents, for each
subsystem. Agents are responsible for the day-to-day operation of requests from
end entities. For details, see “Agents” on page 387.
To enable agents to accomplish their duties, Certificate Management System
provides a set of HTML forms for Certificate Manager, Registration Manager, Data
Recovery Manager, and Online Certificate Status Manager agents. Collectively,
these forms are called the Agent Services interface.
Depending on the choices you made during installation, a combination of the
following agent services will be installed:
• Certificate Manager Agent Services
• Registration Manager Agent Services
• Data Recovery Manager Agent Services
• Online Certificate Status Manager Agent Services Interface
The sections that follow give an overview of these interfaces. For a complete list of
agent forms and output templates that come with Certificate Management System,
see CMS Customization Guide.
For tasks associated with Agent Services interface, see CMS Agent’s Guide. For
information on locating this guide, see “Where to Go for Related Information” on
page 28.
Certificate Manager Agent Services
The Certificate Manager Agent Services interface enables a Certificate Manager
agent to interact with the Certificate Manager (the server). Figure 1-5 shows the
Certificate Manager Agent Services interface.