How Fabric CA (Certificate Authority) Server is integrated with Hyperledger Fabric peers?

The diagram below illustrates how the Hyperledger Fabric CA server fits into the overall Hyperledger Fabric architecture.

As you can see:

• You can run a single Fabric CA server to serve one organization.
• You can run a cluster of Fabric CA servers to provide better availability through a HA (High Availability) proxy. See the top right corner of the diagram for CA server cluster.
• You can run a multi-tier Fabric CA server network to provide better control of membership services to a large Fabric network. See the top left corner of the diagram for the root CA and intermediate CA relation.
• You can interact with a Fabric CA server with the Fabric CA client tool to manage the server.
• You can interact with a Fabric CA server with the Fabric CA client tool to manage the server.
• You can interact with a Fabric CA server with Fabric SDKs to register and sync up your identity, which is needed to access Fabric Peers.
• You can also call Fabric CA server REST API directly, which is not illustrated in the diagram.

 

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