Certificate Enrollment Web Service – Linux Meets Windows CA

Microsoft's Certificate Enrollment Web Service offers an easy way to obtain X.509 certificates from Active Directory Certificate Services. We introduce the protocols and investigate how to use the certmonger tool to issue certificates for Linux systems.

By Thorsten Scherf

Updated Jul 2, 2026 10:18 AM / Published Apr 10, 2026 3:00 AM 4 min read

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Thorsten Scherf

Thorsten Scherf is the global Product Lead for Identity Management and Platform Security in Red Hat’s Product Operations group. He is a regular speaker at various international conferences and writes a lot about open source software.