Deleting a Let's Encrypt certificate

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI yet, install and initialize it.

By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

1. View a description of the command:

   yc certificate-manager certificates delete --help
   

2. View the list of certificates:

   yc certificate-manager certificate list
   

   Result:

   +----------------------+----------------------+-------------+-----------+---------+------------+
   |          ID          |         NAME         |   DOMAINS   | NOT AFTER |  TYPE   |   STATUS   |
   +----------------------+----------------------+-------------+-----------+---------+------------+
   | fpq6gvvm6piu******** | myupdatedmanagedcert | example.com |           | MANAGED | VALIDATING |
   +----------------------+----------------------+-------------+-----------+---------+------------+
   

3. Run this command:

   yc certificate-manager certificates delete \
     --id fpq6gvvm6piu********
   

   Where --id is the certificate ID.

   Result:

   id: fpq6gvvm6piu********
   folder_id: b1g7gvsi89m3********
   created_at: "2020-09-15T08:49:11.533Z"
   ...
   - example.com
   status: VALIDATING
   updated_at: "2020-09-15T09:10:06.981Z"
   

With Terraform, you can quickly create a cloud infrastructure in Yandex Cloud and manage it using configuration files. These files store the infrastructure description written in HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). If you change the configuration files, Terraform automatically detects which part of your configuration is already deployed, and what should be added or removed.

Terraform is distributed under the Business Source License. The Yandex Cloud provider for Terraform is distributed under the MPL-2.0 license.

For more information about the provider resources, see the relevant provider reference on the Terraform website or its mirror.

If you do not have Terraform yet, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.

1. Open the Terraform configuration file and delete the fragment with the certificate description:

   Sample certificate description

   ...
   resource "yandex_cm_certificate" "le-certificate" {
     name        = "managed-certificate-for-dns"
     description = "this is a certificate for tls"
     domains     = ["my-domain.ru"]
   
     managed {
     challenge_type = "DNS_CNAME"
     }
   }
   ...
   

2. Apply the changes:

   1. In the terminal, go to the directory where you edited the configuration file.

   2. Make sure the configuration file is correct using this command:

      terraform validate
      

      If the configuration is correct, you will get this message:

      Success! The configuration is valid.
      

   3. Run this command:

      terraform plan
      

      You will see a detailed list of resources. No changes will be made at this step. If the configuration contains any errors, Terraform will show them.

   4. Apply the changes:

      terraform apply
      

   5. Type yes and press Enter to confirm the changes.

You can check the certificate deletion using the management console or this CLI command:

yc certificate-manager certificate list

To delete a certificate, use the delete REST API method for the Certificate resource or the CertificateService/Delete gRPC API call.