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# Access as a Certificate Authority

Configure JFrog Access as internal CA, provide a custom CA, or use pre-signed certificates for platform TLS.

There are three ways of using a Certificate Authority (CA):

* The Access server can act as CA, in which case you do not need to provide your own certificate.
* You can provide Access with your company's CA certificate and then let Access use that certificate to sign server certificates.
* Alternatively, you can provide your own signed server certificate without requiring Access to participate in the action.

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    Enable TLS on the JFrog Platform using Access as a certificate authority to enforce encrypted inter-service communication across all JPD components.
  </Card>
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## Related Topics

* [Communication Between Services](communication-between-services)
* [TLS Certificates as a Client](using-tls-certificates-as-a-client)
* [Custom Token Certificates](custom-token-certificates)
* [Access YAML Configuration](access-yaml-configuration)
* [Manage Keys](manage-keys)