Getting acquainted
Understand why your network needs a certificate server and which maintenance arrangements may suit it.
ARCnet Directory
Find and choose a certificate server, or deploy your own for your network. ARCnet Directory is intended as a starting point for deciding which service should verify your devices and how your infrastructure will be maintained. It provides a convenient way to explore and choose, rather than a mandatory centre through which every ARCnet network must operate.
Planned · This page describes the intended model. A public release has not been announced; available features and supported devices will be clarified as development progresses.
Start with an informed choice
A certificate server handles device identities and access permissions. It also belongs to particular maintenance arrangements: the owner's infrastructure, an administrator or a support service. Directory should help explain the available options and lead you to the information needed for a considered choice, instead of relying on a server address alone.
Or run your own server
If you want to maintain your private network independently, a directory should not limit you to third-party offerings. Running your own certificate server is also an intended path. Directory will help you move from understanding the model to deployment information; it will not replace the server or perform its functions.
Discovery is not trust
A directory listing does not grant network access or make a server automatically trusted. Choosing a service, verifying its identity and connecting devices remain separate actions. Directory serves discovery, while ARCnet Identity handles certificates and permissions.
Participation is optional
Private infrastructure should be able to operate without appearing in a public directory. When a server's address is already known, the intended model allows direct connection. Directory participation also does not imply agreement to federation: sharing resources with other participants remains a separate, voluntary decision.
From discovery to your network
The public Directory is intended to include guidance on choosing a server and materials for your own deployment. If you need help, you will be able to explore the terms of a particular support service. Infometric Cloud is preparing to offer one such option: help with setting up and maintaining your own ARCnet network. Its website explains the planned service; connections are not yet available.
Where it can help
Keeping control
Choose to deploy a server for your private infrastructure without mandatory publication in a directory.
A known server
Connect directly to your infrastructure; searching Directory remains an additional convenience.