Certificate Manager Private CA API, REST: PrivateCaContent.GetPrivateKey

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Updated at August 8, 2025

Returns the private key and passphrase for the specified certificate authority.

HTTP request

GET https://private-ca.certificate-manager.api.cloud.yandex.net/privateca/v1/certificateAuthorities/{certificateAuthorityId}:getPrivateKey

Request message for getting the private key of a certificate authority.

Field

Description

certificateAuthorityId

string

Required field. ID of the certificate authority to get the private key for.

HTTP Code: 200 - OK

{
  "certificateAuthorityId": "string",
  "privateKey": "string",
  "passphrase": "string"
}

Response message containing the private key and passphrase.

Field	Description
certificateAuthorityId	string ID of the certificate authority.
privateKey	string The private key in PEM format.
passphrase	string The passphrase for the private key, if any.