[FIXED] What is diffrence between enrolling and registering a certificate in Hyperledger fabric CA

Issue

What exactly is difference between enrolling and registering a certificate in Hyperledger Fabric CA. I am new to cryptography and i am really confused about the working of Fabric CA. Also how are certificates generated via cryptogen is diffrent from certificates generated via Fabric CA.

Solution

So from what i understand when you "enrol" an identity you get the certificates and private keys for it. When you "register" the identity, you are simply creating the user name and password for that identity with the CA server.

The certificates that the cryptogen tool generate are not any different to the ones generated by the Fabric CA, the cryptogen tool is there for convenience in development. It should not be used in a live / production environment. Under the hood the cryptogen tool actually spins up a fabric ca server locally.

Here is a link to the latest documentation for Fabric CA:

https://hyperledger-fabric-ca.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Answered By - zaf187

Answer Checked By - Cary Denson (PHPFixing Admin)