Getting the contents of a Let's Encrypt certificate

The command will display a certificate chain and a private key and save their contents to the --chain and --key files, respectively.

• --id: Certificate ID; make sure you set either the --id or --name flag.
• --name: Certificate name; make sure you set either the --id or --name flag.
• --chain: File to save the certificate chain to, in PEM format. This is an optional flag.
• --key: File to save the private key to, in PEM format. This is an optional flag.

yc certificate-manager certificate content \
  --id fpqcsmn76v82******** \
  --chain certificate_full_chain.pem \
  --key private_key.pem

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 documentation on the Terraform website or its mirror.

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

To get the contents of a custom certificate using Terraform:

1. In the Terraform configuration file, describe the resources you want to create:

   data "yandex_cm_certificate_content" "cert_by_id" {
     certificate_id = "<certificate_ID>"
   }
   
   output "certificate_chain" {
     value = data.yandex_cm_certificate_content.cert_by_id.certificates
   }
   
   output "certificate_key" {
     value     = data.yandex_cm_certificate_content.cert_by_id.private_key
     sensitive = true
   }
   

   Where:

   • data "yandex_cm_certificate_content": Description of the data source for the certificate contents:
     • certificate_id: Certificate ID.
   • output sections: certificate_chain output variables with the certificate chain and the certificate_key private key:
     • value: Return value.
     • sensitive: Label data as sensitive.

   For more information about the yandex_cm_certificate_content data source properties, see this provider guide.

2. Create the resources:

   1. In the terminal, navigate to the configuration file directory.

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

      terraform validate
      

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

      Success! The configuration is valid.
      

   3. Run this command:

      terraform plan
      

      You will see a list of resources and their properties. No changes will be made at this step. Terraform will show any errors in the configuration.

   4. Apply the configuration changes:

      terraform apply
      

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

   Terraform will create all the required resources. To check the results, run these commands:

   • Get the certificate chain:

     terraform output certificate_chain
     

   • Get the private key value:

     terraform output -raw certificate_key
     

To get the certificate contents, use the get REST API method for the CertificateContent resource or the CertificateContentService/Get gRPC API call.