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title: "Managing Certificates"
slug: "managing-certificates"
tags: ["5.5"]
updated: 2026-10-27T23:00:54Z
published: 2026-10-27T23:00:54Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/managing-certificates"
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# Managing Certificates

The following table summarizes various types of certificates that you can manage in the Settings -> Certificates page in VAST Web UI, per certificate type selected in the Certificate for field.

| Certificate for | Scope | Reference |
| --- | --- | --- |
| VMS | HTTPS between the VAST Web UI client and the VMS | [Installing an SSL Certificate for VMS](/docs-5-5/docs/installing-an-ssl-certificate-for-vms) |
| Call Home | Connection when sending callhome bundles | n/a |
| S3 | HTTPS for S3 clients | [Enabling an HTTPS Connection](/docs-5-5/docs/managing-s3-connection-settings#enabling-an-https-connection) |
| NFS Server | TLS encryption for NFS clients | [Configuring TLS Encryption with NFS](/docs-5-5/docs/configuring-tls-encryption-with-nfs) |
| VMS mTLS Auth | mTLS authentication for all clients making VAST REST API calls to the VMS (including access to VAST Web UI) | [Enabling Client Certificate Validation for VMS Clients](/docs-5-5/docs/enabling-client-certificate-validation-for-vms-clients) |
| Replication | mTLS authentication of replication peers | [Encrypting Replication with mTLS](/docs-5-5/docs/encrypting-replication-with-mtls) |
| Kafka | TLS authentication for Kafka connections | [Managing Third-Party Event Brokers](/docs-5-5/docs/publishing-s3-bucket-events-to-third-party-event-brokers#managing-third-party-event-brokers) |
| NFS/Kafka mTLS Auth | Cluster-wide configuration of mTLS authentication for NFS clients and/or Kafka clients | [mTLS Authentication for NFS](/docs-5-5/docs/mtls-authentication-for-nfs), [Configuring mTLS Authentication for the VAST Event Broker View](/docs-5-5/docs/publishing-events-to-vast-event-broker#configuring-mtls-authentication-for-the-vast-event-broker-view) |