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Editing a Let's Encrypt certificate

Written by
Yandex Cloud
Updated at July 29, 2025

After issuing a Let's Encrypt certificate and adding it to Certificate Manager, you can change its name or description. To edit a certificate:

Management console
CLI
Terraform
API
  1. In the management console, select the folder the certificate was added to.
  2. In the list of services, select Certificate Manager.
  3. Select the certificate you need to change from the list.
  4. In the window that opens, click Edit.
  5. Change the name or description of the certificate.
  6. Click Save.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI installed 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 certificate update --help
    
  2. View the list of certificates:

    yc certificate-manager certificate list
    

    Result:

    +----------------------+---------------+-------------+-----------+---------+------------+
    |          ID          |     NAME      |   DOMAINS   | NOT AFTER |  TYPE   |   STATUS   |
    +----------------------+---------------+-------------+-----------+---------+------------+
    | fpq6gvvm6piu******** | mymanagedcert | example.com |           | MANAGED | VALIDATING |
    +----------------------+---------------+-------------+-----------+---------+------------+
    
  3. Run this command:

    yc certificate-manager certificates update \
      --id fpq6gvvm6piu******** \
      --new-name myupdatedmanagedcert \
      --description "description of myupdatedmanagedcert"
    

    Where:

    • --id: Certificate ID.
    • --new-name: New name for the certificate.
    • --description: Certificate description.

    Result:

    id: fpq6gvvm6piu********
    folder_id: b1g7gvsi89m3********
    created_at: "2020-09-15T08:49:11.533Z"
    ...
    - example.com
    status: VALIDATING
    updated_at: "2020-09-15T09:10:06.981875Z"
    

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.

  1. Open the Terraform configuration file and edit 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's update and configuration using the management console or this CLI command:

yc certificate-manager certificate get <certificate_name>

To edit a certificate, use the update REST API method for the Certificate resource or the CertificateService/Update gRPC API call.

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