Certificate Authority Proxy Function (Capf)

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About Certificate Authority Proxy Function

Certificate Authority Proxy Function (CAPF), which automatically installs with
Cisco Unified Communications Manager, performs the following tasks, depending on your configuration:

Authenticate via an existing Manufacturing Installed Certificate (MIC), Locally Significant Certificate (LSC), randomly generated authentication string, or optional less secure "null" authentication.
Issues locally significant certificates to supported
Cisco Unified IP Phones.
Upgrades existing locally significant certificates on the phones.
Retrieves phone certificates for viewing and troubleshooting.

Configuration Procedure :

Step 1 Log in to Cisco Unified CM administration interface.

Note If there are Cisco Unified CM subscribers in your cluster, perform this step for your Cisco Unified CM publisher. You configure the subscribers later in this chapter.

Step 2 From the Navigation drop-down list, choose Cisco Unified Serviceability and click Go .

Step 3 Choose Tools > Service Activation .

Step 4 Choose a server from the Server drop-down list and click Go .

Step 5 Scroll down to the Security Services area and check the Cisco Certificate Authority Proxy Function