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Create or install security certificates

PDFs

POST /security/certificates

Introduced In: 9.6

Creates or installs a certificate.

Required properties

  • svm.uuid or svm.name - Existing SVM in which to create or install the certificate.

  • common_name - Common name of the certificate. Required when creating a certificate.

  • type - Type of certificate.

  • public_certificate - Public key certificate in PEM format. Required when installing a certificate.

  • private_key - Private key certificate in PEM format. Required when installing a CA-signed certificate.

  • expiry_time - Certificate expiration time. Specifying an expiration time is recommended when creating a certificate.

  • key_size - Key size of the certificate in bits. Specifying a strong key size is recommended when creating a certificate.

  • name - Unique certificate name per SVM. If one is not provided, it is automatically generated.

Default property values

If not specified in POST, the following default property values are assigned:

  • key_size - 2048

  • expiry_time - P365DT

  • hash_function - sha256

  • security certificate create

  • security certificate install

Parameters

Name Type In Required Description

return_records

boolean

query

False

The default is false. If set to true, the records are returned.

  • Default value:

Request Body

Name Type Description

authority_key_identifier

string

Provides the key identifier of the issuing CA certificate that signed the SSL certificate.

ca

string

Certificate authority

common_name

string

FQDN or custom common name. Provide on POST when creating a self-signed certificate.

expiry_time

string

Certificate expiration time. Can be provided on POST if creating self-signed certificate. The expiration time range is between 1 day to 10 years.

hash_function

string

Hashing function. Can be provided on POST when creating a self-signed certificate. Hash functions md5 and sha1 are not allowed on POST.

intermediate_certificates

array[string]

Chain of intermediate Certificates in PEM format. Only valid in POST when installing a certificate.

key_size

integer

Key size of requested Certificate in bits. One of 512, 1024, 1536, 2048, 3072. Can be provided on POST if creating self-signed certificate. Key size of 512 is not allowed on POST.

name

string

Certificate name. If not provided in POST, a unique name specific to the SVM is automatically generated.

private_key

string

Private key Certificate in PEM format. Only valid for create when installing a CA-signed certificate. This is not audited.

public_certificate

string

Public key Certificate in PEM format. If this is not provided in POST, a self-signed certificate is created.

serial_number

string

Serial number of certificate.

subject_key_identifier

string

Provides the key identifier used to identify the public key in the SSL certificate.

svm

svm

type

string

Type of Certificate. The following types are supported:

  • client - a certificate and its private key used by an SSL client in ONTAP.

  • server - a certificate and its private key used by an SSL server in ONTAP.

  • client_ca - a Certificate Authority certificate used by an SSL server in ONTAP to verify an SSL client certificate.

  • server_ca - a Certificate Authority certificate used by an SSL client in ONTAP to verify an SSL server certificate.

  • root_ca - a self-signed certificate used by ONTAP to sign other certificates by acting as a Certificate Authority.

  • enum: ["client", "server", "client_ca", "server_ca", "root_ca"]

  • Introduced in: 9.6

  • x-nullable: true

uuid

string

Unique ID that identifies a certificate.
Example request 
{
  "authority_key_identifier": "26:1F:C5:53:5B:D7:9E:E2:37:74:F4:F4:06:09:03:3D:EB:41:75:D7",
  "ca": "string",
  "common_name": "test.domain.com",
  "expiry_time": "string",
  "hash_function": "string",
  "intermediate_certificates": [
    "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIBuzCCAWWgAwIBAgIIFTZBrqZwUUMwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAwHDENMAsGA1UE AxMEVEVTVDELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMwHhcNMTgwNjA4MTgwOTAxWhcNMTkwNjA4MTgw OTAxWjAcMQ0wCwYDVQQDEwRURVNUMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzBcMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEB AQUAA0sAMEgCQQDaPvbqUJJFJ6NNTyK3Yb+ytSjJ9aa3yUmYTD9uMiP+6ycjxHWB e8u9z6yCHsW03ync+dnhE5c5z8wuDAY0fv15AgMBAAGjgYowgYcwDAYDVR0TBAUw AwEB/zALBgNVHQ8EBAMCAQYwHQYDVR0OBBYEFMJ7Ev/o/3+YNzYh5XNlqqjnw4zm MEsGA1UdIwREMEKAFMJ7Ev/o/3+YNzYh5XNlqqjnw4zmoSCkHjAcMQ0wCwYDVQQD EwRURVNUMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVU4IIFTZBrqZwUUMwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQADQQAv DovYeyGNnknjGI+TVNX6nDbyzf7zUPqnri0KuvObEeybrbPW45sgsnT5dyeE/32U 9Yr6lklnkBtVBDTmLnrC -----END CERTIFICATE-----"
  ],
  "name": "cert1",
  "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY----- MIIBVAIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCAT4wggE6AgEAAkEAu1/a8f3G47cZ6pel Hd3aONMNkGJ8vSCH5QjicuDm92VtVwkAACEjIoZSLYlJvPD+odL+lFzVQSmkneW7 VCGqYQIDAQABAkAcfNpg6GCQxoneLOghvlUrRotNZGvqpUOEAvHK3X7AJhz5SU4V an36qvsAt5ghFMVM2iGvGaXbj0dAd+Jg64pxAiEA32Eh9mPtFSmZhTIUMeGcPmPk qIYCEuP8a/ZLmI9s4TsCIQDWvLQuvjSVfwPhi0TFAb5wqAET8X5LBFqtGX5QlUep EwIgFnqM02Gc4wtLoqa2d4qPkYu13+uUW9hLd4XSd6i/OS8CIQDT3elU+Rt+qIwW u0cFrVvNYSV3HNzDfS9N/IoxTagfewIgPvXADe5c2EWbhCUkhN+ZCf38AKewK9TW lQcDy4L+f14= -----END PRIVATE KEY-----",
  "public_certificate": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIBuzCCAWWgAwIBAgIIFTZBrqZwUUMwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAwHDENMAsGA1UE AxMEVEVTVDELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMwHhcNMTgwNjA4MTgwOTAxWhcNMTkwNjA4MTgw OTAxWjAcMQ0wCwYDVQQDEwRURVNUMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzBcMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEB AQUAA0sAMEgCQQDaPvbqUJJFJ6NNTyK3Yb+ytSjJ9aa3yUmYTD9uMiP+6ycjxHWB e8u9z6yCHsW03ync+dnhE5c5z8wuDAY0fv15AgMBAAGjgYowgYcwDAYDVR0TBAUw AwEB/zALBgNVHQ8EBAMCAQYwHQYDVR0OBBYEFMJ7Ev/o/3+YNzYh5XNlqqjnw4zm MEsGA1UdIwREMEKAFMJ7Ev/o/3+YNzYh5XNlqqjnw4zmoSCkHjAcMQ0wCwYDVQQD EwRURVNUMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVU4IIFTZBrqZwUUMwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQADQQAv DovYeyGNnknjGI+TVNX6nDbyzf7zUPqnri0KuvObEeybrbPW45sgsnT5dyeE/32U 9Yr6lklnkBtVBDTmLnrC -----END CERTIFICATE-----",
  "serial_number": "string",
  "subject_key_identifier": "26:1F:C5:53:5B:D7:9E:E2:37:74:F4:F4:06:09:03:3D:EB:41:75:D8",
  "svm": {
    "name": "svm1",
    "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
  },
  "type": "string",
  "uuid": "string"
}

Response

Status: 201, Created
Name Type Description

num_records

integer

Number of records

records

array[security_certificate]
Example response 
{
  "num_records": 1,
  "records": [
    {
      "authority_key_identifier": "26:1F:C5:53:5B:D7:9E:E2:37:74:F4:F4:06:09:03:3D:EB:41:75:D7",
      "ca": "string",
      "common_name": "test.domain.com",
      "expiry_time": "string",
      "hash_function": "string",
      "intermediate_certificates": [
        "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIBuzCCAWWgAwIBAgIIFTZBrqZwUUMwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAwHDENMAsGA1UE AxMEVEVTVDELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMwHhcNMTgwNjA4MTgwOTAxWhcNMTkwNjA4MTgw OTAxWjAcMQ0wCwYDVQQDEwRURVNUMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzBcMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEB AQUAA0sAMEgCQQDaPvbqUJJFJ6NNTyK3Yb+ytSjJ9aa3yUmYTD9uMiP+6ycjxHWB e8u9z6yCHsW03ync+dnhE5c5z8wuDAY0fv15AgMBAAGjgYowgYcwDAYDVR0TBAUw AwEB/zALBgNVHQ8EBAMCAQYwHQYDVR0OBBYEFMJ7Ev/o/3+YNzYh5XNlqqjnw4zm MEsGA1UdIwREMEKAFMJ7Ev/o/3+YNzYh5XNlqqjnw4zmoSCkHjAcMQ0wCwYDVQQD EwRURVNUMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVU4IIFTZBrqZwUUMwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQADQQAv DovYeyGNnknjGI+TVNX6nDbyzf7zUPqnri0KuvObEeybrbPW45sgsnT5dyeE/32U 9Yr6lklnkBtVBDTmLnrC -----END CERTIFICATE-----"
      ],
      "name": "cert1",
      "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY----- MIIBVAIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCAT4wggE6AgEAAkEAu1/a8f3G47cZ6pel Hd3aONMNkGJ8vSCH5QjicuDm92VtVwkAACEjIoZSLYlJvPD+odL+lFzVQSmkneW7 VCGqYQIDAQABAkAcfNpg6GCQxoneLOghvlUrRotNZGvqpUOEAvHK3X7AJhz5SU4V an36qvsAt5ghFMVM2iGvGaXbj0dAd+Jg64pxAiEA32Eh9mPtFSmZhTIUMeGcPmPk qIYCEuP8a/ZLmI9s4TsCIQDWvLQuvjSVfwPhi0TFAb5wqAET8X5LBFqtGX5QlUep EwIgFnqM02Gc4wtLoqa2d4qPkYu13+uUW9hLd4XSd6i/OS8CIQDT3elU+Rt+qIwW u0cFrVvNYSV3HNzDfS9N/IoxTagfewIgPvXADe5c2EWbhCUkhN+ZCf38AKewK9TW lQcDy4L+f14= -----END PRIVATE KEY-----",
      "public_certificate": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIBuzCCAWWgAwIBAgIIFTZBrqZwUUMwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAwHDENMAsGA1UE AxMEVEVTVDELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMwHhcNMTgwNjA4MTgwOTAxWhcNMTkwNjA4MTgw OTAxWjAcMQ0wCwYDVQQDEwRURVNUMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzBcMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEB AQUAA0sAMEgCQQDaPvbqUJJFJ6NNTyK3Yb+ytSjJ9aa3yUmYTD9uMiP+6ycjxHWB e8u9z6yCHsW03ync+dnhE5c5z8wuDAY0fv15AgMBAAGjgYowgYcwDAYDVR0TBAUw AwEB/zALBgNVHQ8EBAMCAQYwHQYDVR0OBBYEFMJ7Ev/o/3+YNzYh5XNlqqjnw4zm MEsGA1UdIwREMEKAFMJ7Ev/o/3+YNzYh5XNlqqjnw4zmoSCkHjAcMQ0wCwYDVQQD EwRURVNUMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVU4IIFTZBrqZwUUMwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQADQQAv DovYeyGNnknjGI+TVNX6nDbyzf7zUPqnri0KuvObEeybrbPW45sgsnT5dyeE/32U 9Yr6lklnkBtVBDTmLnrC -----END CERTIFICATE-----",
      "serial_number": "string",
      "subject_key_identifier": "26:1F:C5:53:5B:D7:9E:E2:37:74:F4:F4:06:09:03:3D:EB:41:75:D8",
      "svm": {
        "name": "svm1",
        "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
      },
      "type": "string",
      "uuid": "string"
    }
  ]
}

Headers

Name Description Type

Location

Useful for tracking the resource location

string

Error

Status: Default

ONTAP Error Response Codes

Error Code Description

3735645

Cannot specify a value for serial. It is generated automatically.

3735622

The certificate type is not supported.

3735664

The specified key size is not supported in FIPS mode.

3735665

The specified hash function is not supported in FIPS mode.

3735553

Failed to create self-signed Certificate.

3735646

Failed to store the certificates.

3735693

The certificate installation failed as private key was empty.

3735618

Cannot accept private key for server_ca or client_ca.

52363365

Failed to allocate memory.

52559975

Failed to read the certificate due to incorrect formatting.

52363366

Unsupported key type.

52560123

Failed to read the key due to incorrect formatting.

52559972

The certificates start date is later than the current date.

52559976

The certificate and private key do not match.

52559973

The certificate has expired.

52363366

Logic error: use of a dead object.

3735696

Intermediate certificates are not supported with client_ca and server_ca type certificates.

52559974

The certificate is not supported in FIPS mode.

3735676

Cannot continue the installation without a value for the common name. Since the subject field in the certificate is empty, the field "common_name" must have a value to continue with the installation.

3735558

Failed to extract information about Common Name from the certificate.

3735588

The common name (CN) extracted from the certificate is not valid.

3735632

Failed to extract Certificate Authority Information from the certificate.

Definitions

See Definitions

href

Name Type Description

href

string

_links

svm

Name Type Description

name

string

The name of the SVM.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the SVM.

security_certificate

Name Type Description

authority_key_identifier

string

Provides the key identifier of the issuing CA certificate that signed the SSL certificate.

ca

string

Certificate authority

common_name

string

FQDN or custom common name. Provide on POST when creating a self-signed certificate.

expiry_time

string

Certificate expiration time. Can be provided on POST if creating self-signed certificate. The expiration time range is between 1 day to 10 years.

hash_function

string

Hashing function. Can be provided on POST when creating a self-signed certificate. Hash functions md5 and sha1 are not allowed on POST.

intermediate_certificates

array[string]

Chain of intermediate Certificates in PEM format. Only valid in POST when installing a certificate.

key_size

integer

Key size of requested Certificate in bits. One of 512, 1024, 1536, 2048, 3072. Can be provided on POST if creating self-signed certificate. Key size of 512 is not allowed on POST.

name

string

Certificate name. If not provided in POST, a unique name specific to the SVM is automatically generated.

private_key

string

Private key Certificate in PEM format. Only valid for create when installing a CA-signed certificate. This is not audited.

public_certificate

string

Public key Certificate in PEM format. If this is not provided in POST, a self-signed certificate is created.

serial_number

string

Serial number of certificate.

subject_key_identifier

string

Provides the key identifier used to identify the public key in the SSL certificate.

svm

svm

type

string

Type of Certificate. The following types are supported:

  • client - a certificate and its private key used by an SSL client in ONTAP.

  • server - a certificate and its private key used by an SSL server in ONTAP.

  • client_ca - a Certificate Authority certificate used by an SSL server in ONTAP to verify an SSL client certificate.

  • server_ca - a Certificate Authority certificate used by an SSL client in ONTAP to verify an SSL server certificate.

  • root_ca - a self-signed certificate used by ONTAP to sign other certificates by acting as a Certificate Authority.

  • enum: ["client", "server", "client_ca", "server_ca", "root_ca"]

  • Introduced in: 9.6

  • x-nullable: true

uuid

string

Unique ID that identifies a certificate.

error_arguments

Name Type Description

code

string

Argument code

message

string

Message argument

error

Name Type Description

arguments

array[error_arguments]

Message arguments

code

string

Error code

message

string

Error message

target

string

The target parameter that caused the error.