# ImportCertificate
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Uploads the specified certificate.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "CertificateIdentifier": "string",
   "CertificatePem": "string",
   "CertificateWallet": blob,
   "KmsKeyId": "string",
   "Tags": [ 
      { 
         "Key": "string",
         "ResourceArn": "string",
         "Value": "string"
      }
   ]
}
```

## Request Parameters
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For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [CertificateIdentifier](#API_ImportCertificate_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DMS-ImportCertificate-request-CertificateIdentifier"></a>
A customer-assigned name for the certificate. Identifiers must begin with a letter and must contain only ASCII letters, digits, and hyphens. They can't end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** [CertificatePem](#API_ImportCertificate_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DMS-ImportCertificate-request-CertificatePem"></a>
The contents of a `.pem` file, which contains an X.509 certificate.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** [CertificateWallet](#API_ImportCertificate_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DMS-ImportCertificate-request-CertificateWallet"></a>
The location of an imported Oracle Wallet certificate for use with SSL. Provide the name of a `.sso` file using the `fileb://` prefix. You can't provide the certificate inline.  
Example: `filebase64("${path.root}/rds-ca-2019-root.sso")`   
Type: Base64-encoded binary data object  
Required: No

 ** [KmsKeyId](#API_ImportCertificate_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DMS-ImportCertificate-request-KmsKeyId"></a>
An AWS KMS key identifier that is used to encrypt the certificate.  
If you don't specify a value for the `KmsKeyId` parameter, then AWS DMS uses your default encryption key.  
 AWS KMS creates the default encryption key for your AWS account. Your AWS account has a different default encryption key for each AWS Region.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** [Tags](#API_ImportCertificate_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DMS-ImportCertificate-request-Tags"></a>
The tags associated with the certificate.  
Type: Array of [Tag](API_Tag.md) objects  
Required: No

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "Certificate": { 
      "CertificateArn": "string",
      "CertificateCreationDate": number,
      "CertificateIdentifier": "string",
      "CertificateOwner": "string",
      "CertificatePem": "string",
      "CertificateWallet": blob,
      "KeyLength": number,
      "KmsKeyId": "string",
      "SigningAlgorithm": "string",
      "ValidFromDate": number,
      "ValidToDate": number
   }
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [Certificate](#API_ImportCertificate_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="DMS-ImportCertificate-response-Certificate"></a>
The certificate to be uploaded.  
Type: [Certificate](API_Certificate.md) object

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** InvalidCertificateFault **   
The certificate was not valid.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** KMSKeyNotAccessibleFault **   
 AWS DMS cannot access the KMS key.    
 ** message **   

HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ResourceAlreadyExistsFault **   
The resource you are attempting to create already exists.    
 ** message **   
  
 ** resourceArn **   

HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ResourceQuotaExceededFault **   
The quota for this resource quota has been exceeded.    
 ** message **   

HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/dms-2016-01-01/ImportCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/dms-2016-01-01/ImportCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/dms-2016-01-01/ImportCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/dms-2016-01-01/ImportCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/dms-2016-01-01/ImportCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/dms-2016-01-01/ImportCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/dms-2016-01-01/ImportCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/dms-2016-01-01/ImportCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/dms-2016-01-01/ImportCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/dms-2016-01-01/ImportCertificate)