🔗 System Integrations

SecTrail CM automates certificate management by directly integrating with critical systems in your enterprise infrastructure.

Why is System Integration Important?

Manual certificate deployment is time-consuming, error-prone, and risky. With automatic integrations, certificate exchange processes are performed securely and quickly without human intervention.

Overview

SecTrail CM's System Integrations module automates one of the most critical stages of certificate lifecycle management: certificate deployment and exchange processes. The platform ensures secure certificate updates by establishing agentless connections to target systems.

Key Features

Feature	Description
🔄 Automatic Deployment	Renewed certificates are automatically deployed to relevant systems
🚫 Agentless Architecture	Integration without requiring agent installation on target systems
🔐 Secure Communication	Connection through secure protocols like SSH, HTTPS, WinRM
⏮️ Rollback Support	Automatic rollback to previous certificate in case of error
🌐 Multi-platform	Load balancer, firewall, web server, and application server support

Supported Integrations

SecTrail CM integrates with leading load balancer, firewall, web server, and application server platforms in the industry.

🔄 Load Balancer and Application Delivery Controller (ADC)

Platform	Use Cases
F5 BIG-IP	Load balancing, SSL offload, high availability
Citrix NetScaler (ADC)	Application delivery, remote access gateway, SSL offload

🛡️ Firewall and Security

Platform	Use Cases
Palo Alto Networks	SSL inspection, forward proxy, GlobalProtect
Fortinet FortiWeb	Web application firewall, OWASP protection

🌐 Web Servers

Platform	Use Cases
NGINX	Reverse proxy, API gateway, microservices
Apache HTTP Server	Traditional web server, PHP applications
IIS	Windows environments, ASP.NET, SharePoint

☕ Application Server

Platform	Use Cases
Apache Tomcat	Java web applications, Spring Boot
Java Keystore (JKS)	Java applications, Kafka, Elasticsearch

🗄️ Certificate Store

Platform	Use Cases
Windows Certificate Store	Windows servers, domain environments, Active Directory

Automatic Certificate Exchange Process

SecTrail CM fully automates the certificate exchange process and provides error checking and rollback support at each step:

Step	Stage	Operation	In Case of Error
1️⃣	🔌 Connection	Secure connection to target system (SSH/WinRM/API) and access control	⚠️ Operation canceled, send notification
2️⃣	💾 Backup	Backup of existing certificate (certificate + key + config)	⚠️ Stop operation, safe exit
3️⃣	📦 Deployment	Secure transfer of new certificate files to target system	🔄 Restore old certificate
4️⃣	⚙️ Configuration	Certificate configuration update	🔄 Restore from backup
5️⃣	🔄 Service Update	Service reload	🔄 Restart with old certificate
6️⃣	✓ Validation	SSL/TLS connection and accessibility test	🔄 Complete rollback
7️⃣	📢 Notification	Success/error status reporting, audit log recording, dashboard update	✅ Rollback notification sent

🛡️ Automatic Rollback Guarantee

If an error is detected at any step, the system automatically returns to the previous working state. The old certificate is preserved, and no service interruption occurs.

Integration Advantages

🚀 Operational Efficiency

Advantage	Description
⏱️ Time Savings	Minutes instead of hours by automating manual operations
🎯 Error Minimization	99.9%+ success rate by eliminating human errors
🌙 24/7 Operation	Automatic certificate renewal outside business hours
📊 Scalability	Simultaneous certificate deployment to hundreds of systems

🔐 Security

Advantage	Description
⏰ Timely Renewal	Eliminate expired certificate risk
🔒 Centralized Control	Single-point management of all certificates
🛡️ Secure Communication	Secure protocols like SSH, TLS, WinRM
📝 Audit Trail	Detailed recording of every operation

Get Started

• 📖 User Guide: CA Management - CA integration and configuration steps