Deleting a Let's Encrypt certificate

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud command line interface yet, install and initialize it.

The folder specified in the CLI profile is used by default. You can specify a different folder 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 documentation on the Terraform website or mirror website.

If you don't have Terraform, 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, change to the folder where you edited the configuration file.

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

      terraform validate
      

      If the configuration is correct, the following message is returned:

      Success! The configuration is valid.
      

   3. Run the command:

      terraform plan
      

      The terminal will display a list of resources with parameters. No changes are made at this step. If the configuration contains errors, Terraform will point them out.

   4. Apply the configuration changes:

      terraform apply
      

   5. Confirm the changes: type yes in the terminal and press Enter.

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.