IssueCertificate - AWS Private Certificate Authority

IssueCertificate

Uses your private certificate authority (CA), or one that has been shared with you, to issue a client certificate. This action returns the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the certificate. You can retrieve the certificate by calling the GetCertificate action and specifying the ARN.

Note

You cannot use the ACM ListCertificateAuthorities action to retrieve the ARNs of the certificates that you issue by using AWS Private CA.

Request Syntax

{ "ApiPassthrough": { "Extensions": { "CertificatePolicies": [ { "CertPolicyId": "string", "PolicyQualifiers": [ { "PolicyQualifierId": "string", "Qualifier": { "CpsUri": "string" } } ] } ], "CustomExtensions": [ { "Critical": boolean, "ObjectIdentifier": "string", "Value": "string" } ], "ExtendedKeyUsage": [ { "ExtendedKeyUsageObjectIdentifier": "string", "ExtendedKeyUsageType": "string" } ], "KeyUsage": { "CRLSign": boolean, "DataEncipherment": boolean, "DecipherOnly": boolean, "DigitalSignature": boolean, "EncipherOnly": boolean, "KeyAgreement": boolean, "KeyCertSign": boolean, "KeyEncipherment": boolean, "NonRepudiation": boolean }, "SubjectAlternativeNames": [ { "DirectoryName": { "CommonName": "string", "Country": "string", "CustomAttributes": [ { "ObjectIdentifier": "string", "Value": "string" } ], "DistinguishedNameQualifier": "string", "GenerationQualifier": "string", "GivenName": "string", "Initials": "string", "Locality": "string", "Organization": "string", "OrganizationalUnit": "string", "Pseudonym": "string", "SerialNumber": "string", "State": "string", "Surname": "string", "Title": "string" }, "DnsName": "string", "EdiPartyName": { "NameAssigner": "string", "PartyName": "string" }, "IpAddress": "string", "OtherName": { "TypeId": "string", "Value": "string" }, "RegisteredId": "string", "Rfc822Name": "string", "UniformResourceIdentifier": "string" } ] }, "Subject": { "CommonName": "string", "Country": "string", "CustomAttributes": [ { "ObjectIdentifier": "string", "Value": "string" } ], "DistinguishedNameQualifier": "string", "GenerationQualifier": "string", "GivenName": "string", "Initials": "string", "Locality": "string", "Organization": "string", "OrganizationalUnit": "string", "Pseudonym": "string", "SerialNumber": "string", "State": "string", "Surname": "string", "Title": "string" } }, "CertificateAuthorityArn": "string", "Csr": blob, "IdempotencyToken": "string", "SigningAlgorithm": "string", "TemplateArn": "string", "Validity": { "Type": "string", "Value": number }, "ValidityNotBefore": { "Type": "string", "Value": number } }

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

ApiPassthrough

Specifies X.509 certificate information to be included in the issued certificate. An APIPassthrough or APICSRPassthrough template variant must be selected, or else this parameter is ignored. For more information about using these templates, see Understanding Certificate Templates.

If conflicting or duplicate certificate information is supplied during certificate issuance, AWS Private CA applies order of operation rules to determine what information is used.

Type: ApiPassthrough object

Required: No

CertificateAuthorityArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that was returned when you called CreateCertificateAuthority. This must be of the form:

arn:aws:acm-pca:region:account:certificate-authority/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 5. Maximum length of 200.

Pattern: arn:[\w+=/,.@-]+:acm-pca:[\w+=/,.@-]*:[0-9]*:[\w+=,.@-]+(/[\w+=,.@-]+)*

Required: Yes

Csr

The certificate signing request (CSR) for the certificate you want to issue. As an example, you can use the following OpenSSL command to create the CSR and a 2048 bit RSA private key.

openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -days 365 -keyout private/test_cert_priv_key.pem -out csr/test_cert_.csr

If you have a configuration file, you can then use the following OpenSSL command. The usr_cert block in the configuration file contains your X509 version 3 extensions.

openssl req -new -config openssl_rsa.cnf -extensions usr_cert -newkey rsa:2048 -days 365 -keyout private/test_cert_priv_key.pem -out csr/test_cert_.csr

Note: A CSR must provide either a subject name or a subject alternative name or the request will be rejected.

Type: Base64-encoded binary data object

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 32768.

Required: Yes

IdempotencyToken

Alphanumeric string that can be used to distinguish between calls to the IssueCertificate action. Idempotency tokens for IssueCertificate time out after five minutes. Therefore, if you call IssueCertificate multiple times with the same idempotency token within five minutes, AWS Private CA recognizes that you are requesting only one certificate and will issue only one. If you change the idempotency token for each call, AWS Private CA recognizes that you are requesting multiple certificates.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 36.

Pattern: [\u0009\u000A\u000D\u0020-\u00FF]*

Required: No

SigningAlgorithm

The name of the algorithm that will be used to sign the certificate to be issued.

This parameter should not be confused with the SigningAlgorithm parameter used to sign a CSR in the CreateCertificateAuthority action.

Note

The specified signing algorithm family (RSA or ECDSA) must match the algorithm family of the CA's secret key.

Type: String

Valid Values: SHA256WITHECDSA | SHA384WITHECDSA | SHA512WITHECDSA | SHA256WITHRSA | SHA384WITHRSA | SHA512WITHRSA

Required: Yes

TemplateArn

Specifies a custom configuration template to use when issuing a certificate. If this parameter is not provided, AWS Private CA defaults to the EndEntityCertificate/V1 template. For CA certificates, you should choose the shortest path length that meets your needs. The path length is indicated by the PathLenN portion of the ARN, where N is the CA depth.

Note: The CA depth configured on a subordinate CA certificate must not exceed the limit set by its parents in the CA hierarchy.

For a list of TemplateArn values supported by AWS Private CA, see Understanding Certificate Templates.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 5. Maximum length of 200.

Pattern: arn:[\w+=/,.@-]+:acm-pca:[\w+=/,.@-]*:[0-9]*:[\w+=,.@-]+(/[\w+=,.@-]+)*

Required: No

Validity

Information describing the end of the validity period of the certificate. This parameter sets the “Not After” date for the certificate.

Certificate validity is the period of time during which a certificate is valid. Validity can be expressed as an explicit date and time when the certificate expires, or as a span of time after issuance, stated in days, months, or years. For more information, see Validity in RFC 5280.

This value is unaffected when ValidityNotBefore is also specified. For example, if Validity is set to 20 days in the future, the certificate will expire 20 days from issuance time regardless of the ValidityNotBefore value.

The end of the validity period configured on a certificate must not exceed the limit set on its parents in the CA hierarchy.

Type: Validity object

Required: Yes

ValidityNotBefore

Information describing the start of the validity period of the certificate. This parameter sets the “Not Before" date for the certificate.

By default, when issuing a certificate, AWS Private CA sets the "Not Before" date to the issuance time minus 60 minutes. This compensates for clock inconsistencies across computer systems. The ValidityNotBefore parameter can be used to customize the “Not Before” value.

Unlike the Validity parameter, the ValidityNotBefore parameter is optional.

The ValidityNotBefore value is expressed as an explicit date and time, using the Validity type value ABSOLUTE. For more information, see Validity in this API reference and Validity in RFC 5280.

Type: Validity object

Required: No

Response Syntax

{ "CertificateArn": "string" }

Response Elements

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

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

CertificateArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the issued certificate and the certificate serial number. This is of the form:

arn:aws:acm-pca:region:account:certificate-authority/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012/certificate/286535153982981100925020015808220737245

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 5. Maximum length of 200.

Pattern: arn:[\w+=/,.@-]+:acm-pca:[\w+=/,.@-]*:[0-9]*:[\w+=,.@-]+(/[\w+=,.@-]+)*

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

InvalidArgsException

One or more of the specified arguments was not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidArnException

The requested Amazon Resource Name (ARN) does not refer to an existing resource.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidStateException

The state of the private CA does not allow this action to occur.

HTTP Status Code: 400

LimitExceededException

An AWS Private CA quota has been exceeded. See the exception message returned to determine the quota that was exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 400

MalformedCSRException

The certificate signing request is invalid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

A resource such as a private CA, S3 bucket, certificate, audit report, or policy cannot be found.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example

This example illustrates one usage of IssueCertificate.

Sample Request

POST / HTTP/1.1 Host: acm-pca.amazonaws.com Accept-Encoding: identity Content-Length: 1680 X-Amz-Target: ACMPrivateCA.IssueCertificate X-Amz-Date: 20180226T193956Z User-Agent: aws-cli/1.14.28 Python/2.7.9 Windows/8 botocore/1.8.32 Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1 Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=AWS_Key_ID/20180226/AWS_Region/acm-pca/aws4_request, SignedHeaders=content-type;host;x-amz-date;x-amz-target, Signature=c6cac56b2eac254d53616072c55d2c2c1f24f4670aa16911c76ae492a92fdd00 { "IdempotencyToken": "1234", "SigningAlgorithm": "SHA256WITHRSA", "Validity": { "Type": "DAYS", "Value": 365 }, "CertificateAuthorityArn": "arn:aws:acm-pca:region:account:certificate-authority/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012", "Csr": "LS0tL...tLS0K" }

Example

This example illustrates one usage of IssueCertificate.

Sample Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 18:08:50 GMT Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1 Content-Length: 163 x-amzn-RequestId: 629173f2-4697-44fa-a599-b757a8da6c7e Connection: keep-alive { "CertificateArn": "arn:aws:acm-pca:region:account:certificate-authority/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012/certificate/e8cbd2bedb122329f97706bcfec990f8" }

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: