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.

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":  
"-----BEGIN 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"
}