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In this article:

  • gRPC request
  • ImportCertificateAuthorityRequest
  • operation.Operation
  • ImportCertificateAuthorityMetadata
  • CertificateAuthority
  1. API reference
  2. gRPC
  3. Certificate Manager Private CA API
  4. PrivateCa
  5. ImportCertificateAuthority

Certificate Manager Private CA API, gRPC: PrivateCaService.ImportCertificateAuthority

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at December 17, 2024
  • gRPC request
  • ImportCertificateAuthorityRequest
  • operation.Operation
  • ImportCertificateAuthorityMetadata
  • CertificateAuthority

Imports an externally generated Certificate Authority (CA).
You can import an existing CA from external PKI systems.

gRPC requestgRPC request

rpc ImportCertificateAuthority (ImportCertificateAuthorityRequest) returns (operation.Operation)

ImportCertificateAuthorityRequestImportCertificateAuthorityRequest

{
  "folder_id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "certificate_content": "string",
  "key_pair": "string",
  "passphrase": "string",
  "end_entities_ttl_limit_days": "int64",
  "deletion_protection": "bool"
}

Request to import an externally generated Certificate Authority (CA).

Field

Description

folder_id

string

Required field. Folder ID where the CA is being created.

name

string

Required field. The name of the imported Certificate Authority.

description

string

A brief description of the imported Certificate Authority.

certificate_content

string

Required field. PEM-encoded certificate content for the Certificate Authority.

key_pair

string

Required field. PEM-encoded key pair content for the CA (private key).

passphrase

string

PEM-encoded passphrase to decrypt the private key (if applicable).

end_entities_ttl_limit_days

int64

TTL limit in days for end-entities signed by the CA.

deletion_protection

bool

Protect the CA from accidental deletion.

operation.Operationoperation.Operation

{
  "id": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "created_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "created_by": "string",
  "modified_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "done": "bool",
  "metadata": {
    "certificate_authority_id": "string"
  },
  // Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`
  "error": "google.rpc.Status",
  "response": {
    "id": "string",
    "folder_id": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "parent_certificate_authority_id": "string",
    "status": "Status",
    "issued_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
    "not_after": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
    "not_before": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
    "crl_endpoint": "string",
    "end_entities_ttl_limit_days": "int64",
    "deletion_protection": "bool",
    "created_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
    "updated_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp"
  }
  // end of the list of possible fields
}

An Operation resource. For more information, see Operation.

Field

Description

id

string

ID of the operation.

description

string

Description of the operation. 0-256 characters long.

created_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

Creation timestamp.

created_by

string

ID of the user or service account who initiated the operation.

modified_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

The time when the Operation resource was last modified.

done

bool

If the value is false, it means the operation is still in progress.
If true, the operation is completed, and either error or response is available.

metadata

ImportCertificateAuthorityMetadata

Service-specific metadata associated with the operation.
It typically contains the ID of the target resource that the operation is performed on.
Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the metadata type, if any.

error

google.rpc.Status

The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation.

Includes only one of the fields error, response.

The operation result.
If done == false and there was no failure detected, neither error nor response is set.
If done == false and there was a failure detected, error is set.
If done == true, exactly one of error or response is set.

response

CertificateAuthority

The normal response of the operation in case of success.
If the original method returns no data on success, such as Delete,
the response is google.protobuf.Empty.
If the original method is the standard Create/Update,
the response should be the target resource of the operation.
Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the response type, if any.

Includes only one of the fields error, response.

The operation result.
If done == false and there was no failure detected, neither error nor response is set.
If done == false and there was a failure detected, error is set.
If done == true, exactly one of error or response is set.

ImportCertificateAuthorityMetadataImportCertificateAuthorityMetadata

Metadata for the ImportCertificateAuthority operation.

Field

Description

certificate_authority_id

string

The ID of the imported Certificate Authority.

CertificateAuthorityCertificateAuthority

A certificate authority (CA) used to sign certificates.

Field

Description

id

string

ID of the certificate authority.

folder_id

string

ID of the folder that the certificate authority belongs to.

name

string

Name of the certificate authority.

description

string

Description of the certificate authority.

parent_certificate_authority_id

string

ID of the parent certificate authority that signed this certificate authority if any.

status

enum Status

Status of the certificate authority.

  • STATUS_UNSPECIFIED
  • UNSIGNED: The certificate authority is unsigned and pending signing.
  • ACTIVE: The certificate authority is active and can issue certificates.

issued_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

Time when the certificate authority was issued.

not_after

google.protobuf.Timestamp

Time after which the certificate authority is not valid.

not_before

google.protobuf.Timestamp

Time before which the certificate authority is not valid.

crl_endpoint

string

Endpoint of the certificate revocation list (CRL) for the certificate authority.

end_entities_ttl_limit_days

int64

Maximum allowed TTL (in days) for end-entity certificates issued by this CA.

deletion_protection

bool

Flag that protects deletion of the certificate authority.

created_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

Time when the certificate authority was created.

updated_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

Time when the certificate authority was last updated.

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