# Certificate Management

> Canonical Certificate Management provides tools and workflows for managing TLS certificates in enterprise environments.


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## Pages in this subsection

- [Explanation](../explanation.md): * [Do I need to implement the TLS library?](explanation/do-i-need-tls.md)
- [Do I need to implement the TLS library?](do-i-need-tls.md): Most charm applications need TLS certificate management for secure communication. The `tls-certifica...
- [Common Name and SANs Attributes](common-name-and-sans-attributes.md): While there isn’t a single definitive answer for what values the SAN fields should contain, the foll...
- [Certificate Renewal with the TLS Certificates Library v4](certificate-renewal.md): This feature is only available in v4.
- [Differences between TLS Certificates Library v3 and v4](differences-v3-v4.md): - Requires users to perform multiple TLS-related operations independently:
- [Security Explanation in TLS Certificates Interface](security-explanation.md): The TLS Certificates Interface and library are developed with Security as one of their core values. ...

## Optional

- [Top-level llms.txt](../../llms.txt): Complete documentation index.