US Patent 10554418 Routing cloud messages using digital certificates

Provided are a system and method for routing messages in a multi-tenant cloud computing environment based on digital certificates. In one example, a server includes a network interface configured to receive a request and a digital certificate from a network object, where the digital certificate includes a plurality of attributes. The server also includes a processor configured to determine whether the digital certificate is valid, and in response to determining the digital certificate is valid, detect tenant information from an attribute among the plurality of attributes included in the digital certificate. For example, the detected tenant information may identify a tenant of the multi-tenant cloud computing environment. The network interface may be further configured to transmit the request to the multi-tenant cloud computing environment based on the detected tenant information.