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METHOD FOR OBTAINING VETTED CERTIFICATES BY MICROSERVICES IN ELASTIC CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS

  • US 20180048638A1
  • Filed: 08/11/2016
  • Published: 02/15/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for obtaining a vetted certificate for a microservice in an elastic cloud environment, the method comprising:

  • receiving a one-time authentication credential at the microservice;

    utilizing the one-time authentication credential to obtain a client secret;

    obtaining an access token and CSR (Certificate Signing Request) attributes at the microservice using the client secret;

    constructing a CSR at the microservice utilizing the CSR attributes;

    requesting a vetted certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA), the request including the access token and the CSR; and

    if the access token and the CSR pass vetting, receiving a vetted certificate from the CA at the microservice.

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