Updated on 2023-12-18 GMT+08:00

Creating a Certificate

Function

This API is used to create a certificate. After a certificate is bound to a listener, the load balancer authenticates the client using this certificate, and backend servers can establish secure and reliable HTTP connections with the client.

URI

POST /v2/{project_id}/elb/certificates

Table 1 Path parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Specifies the project ID.

Request

Table 2 Query parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

admin_state_up

No

Boolean

Specifies the administrative status of the certificate.

This parameter is reserved, and the default value is true.

name

No

String

Specifies the certificate name.

The value contains a maximum of 255 characters.

description

No

String

Provides supplementary information about the certificate.

The value contains a maximum of 255 characters.

type

No

String

Specifies the certificate type. The default value is server.

The value range varies depending on the protocol of the backend server group:
  • server: indicates the server certificate.
  • client: indicates the CA certificate.

domain

No

String

Specifies the domain name associated with the server certificate. The default value is null.

The value contains a maximum of 100 characters.

The value range varies depending on the protocol of the backend server group:

  • A common domain name contains 0 to 100 characters and consists of several labels separated by dots (.). Each label can contain a maximum of 63 characters, including letters, digits, and hyphens (-), and must start and end with a letter or digit.
  • In addition to the requirements for common domain names, a wildcard domain name can start with an asterisk (*).
NOTE:

This parameter takes effect only when type is set to server.

private_key

No

String

Specifies the private key of the server certificate. The value must be PEM encoded.

  • This parameter will be ignored if type is set to client. A CA server can still be created and used normally. This parameter will be left blank even if you enter a private key that is not PEM encoded.
  • This parameter is mandatory only when type is set to server. If you enter an invalid private key, an error is returned.

certificate

Yes

String

Specifies the public key of the server certificate or CA certificate used to authenticate the client. The value of parameter type determines whether a public key or CA certificate is required.

Both types of certificates are in PEM format.

enterprise_project_id

No

String

Specifies the enterprise project ID. When creating a load balancer, you can assign an enterprise project to the load balancer.

The value is character string 0 or a UUID with hyphens (-). Value 0 indicates the default enterprise project.

The default value is 0.

NOTE:

For more information about enterprise projects and how to obtain enterprise project IDs, see Enterprise Management User Guide.

Response

Table 3 Parameter description

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Specifies the certificate ID.

tenant_id

String

Specifies the ID of the project where the certificate is used.

The value contains a maximum of 255 characters.

admin_state_up

Boolean

Specifies the administrative status of the certificate.

This parameter is reserved. The value can be true or false.

  • true: Enabled
  • false: Disabled

name

String

Specifies the certificate name.

The value contains a maximum of 255 characters.

description

String

Provides supplementary information about the certificate.

The value contains a maximum of 255 characters.

type

String

Specifies the certificate type.

The value range varies depending on the protocol of the backend server group:
  • server: indicates the server certificate.
  • client: indicates the CA certificate.

domain

String

Specifies the domain name associated with the server certificate.

The value contains a maximum of 100 characters.

private_key

String

Specifies the private key of the server certificate in PEM format.

certificate

String

Specifies the public key of the server certificate or CA certificate used to authenticate the client. The value of parameter type determines whether a public key or CA certificate is required. Both types of certificates are in PEM format.

expire_time

String

Specifies the time when the certificate expires.

The UTC time is in YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS format.

create_time

String

Specifies the time when the certificate was created.

The UTC time is in YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS format.

update_time

String

Specifies the time when the certificate was updated.

The UTC time is in YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS format.

Example Request

  • Example request: Creating a certificate
    POST https://{Endpoint}/v2/930600df07ac4f66964004041bd3deaf/elb/certificates
    { 
        "name": "https_certificate", 
        "description": "description for certificate", 
        "type": "server", 
        "domain": "www.elb.com", 
        "private_key":  
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    \n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----", 
        "certificate":  
    "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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    \n-----END CERTIFICATE-----" 
    }

Example Response

  • Example response
    {
        "domain": "www.elb.com",
        "expire_time": "2045-11-17 13:25:47",
        "update_time": "2017-12-04 06:49:13",
        "create_time": "2017-12-04 06:49:13",
        "id": "3d8a7a02f87a40ed931b719edfe75451",
        "admin_state_up": true,
        "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
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    \n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----",
        "tenant_id": "930600df07ac4f66964004041bd3deaf",
        "type": "server",
        "certificate": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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    \n-----END CERTIFICATE-----",
        "name": "https_certificate",
        "description": "description for certificate"
    }

Status Code

For details, see Status Codes.