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Distinguishes automatic edge certificates from manually installed origin certificates, but stops short of certificate-generation steps.

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A TLS certificate is a digitally signed credential that binds an identity to a public key for authenticated encrypted connections.

A TLS certificate is a digitally signed credential that binds an identity to a public key. For a web API served through a CDN, certificates help secure two different connections: the visitor-to-CDN connection and the CDN-to-origin-server connection. section 12.1.3

Cloudflare provides a certificate for each side of that arrangement:

The edge certificate is generated automatically and used by Cloudflare when serving visitors, providing HTTPS support for the API. section 12.1.3
The origin certificate can be generated manually and installed on the web server hosting the API, encrypting the connection between Cloudflare and that server. section 12.1.3

A certificate does not start the web server

Suppose win-01.mybglist.com resolves through Cloudflare, but the Windows VM has no web server listening on HTTP port 80 or HTTPS port 443. A browser request receives Cloudflare’s 522 Connection timed out error. The problem is the CDN-to-host connection, not something an origin certificate alone can fix. Configure a web server to handle incoming requests, then create the SSL/TLS certificate for the origin server. section 12.2.3

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certification authorityproduced by · A certification authority is a trusted entity that verifies identities and issues digitally signed certificates binding public keys to identities or domains.
public keyhas part · A public key is the openly distributable component of an asymmetric cryptographic key pair, used for encryption, authentication, or signature verification.
self-signed certificateincludes · A self-signed certificate is a digital certificate whose signature is created by the same entity and key identified by the certificate rather than by a certificate authority.
TLSused by · Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a cryptographic protocol that protects network communications through confidentiality, integrity, and authentication of communicating endpoints.
mutual TLSused by · Mutual TLS is a Transport Layer Security configuration in which both communicating endpoints authenticate each other using digital certificates.
public-key infrastructureused by · Public-key infrastructure is a framework of authorities, certificates, keys, policies, and procedures for establishing and managing public-key trust and digital identities.

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