Modify Purpose of a Key within the Gateway

You can set a purpose for any private key in the gateway. When a purpose is set, the key becomes the default key for that particular action. This is ideal in instances where the same key is always used for the action.

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You can set a purpose for any private key in the CA API Gateway. When a purpose is set, the key becomes the default key for that particular action. This is ideal in instances where the same key is always used for the action.

Setting a purpose applies to keys created within the Gateway or imported from another source.

The following purposes can be set:

Make Default SSL

Make Default CA

Make Audit Signing Key

Make Audit Viewer Key

For more information about each purpose, see Private Key Properties.

To modify the purpose of a key:

Run Manage Private Keys.

Double-click on the key to set.

In the Private Key Properties, click Mark as Special Purpose

Select the purpose and then confirm.