ModifyCertificates - Amazon Relational Database Service
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ModifyCertificates

Override the system-default Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) certificate for Amazon RDS for new DB instances, or remove the override.

By using this operation, you can specify an RDS-approved SSL/TLS certificate for new DB instances that is different from the default certificate provided by RDS. You can also use this operation to remove the override, so that new DB instances use the default certificate provided by RDS.

You might need to override the default certificate in the following situations:

  • You already migrated your applications to support the latest certificate authority (CA) certificate, but the new CA certificate is not yet the RDS default CA certificate for the specified Amazon Web Services Region.

  • RDS has already moved to a new default CA certificate for the specified Amazon Region, but you are still in the process of supporting the new CA certificate. In this case, you temporarily need additional time to finish your application changes.

For more information about rotating your SSL/TLS certificate for RDS DB engines, see Rotating Your SSL/TLS Certificate in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

For more information about rotating your SSL/TLS certificate for Aurora DB engines, see Rotating Your SSL/TLS Certificate in the Amazon Aurora User Guide.

Request Parameters

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

CertificateIdentifier

The new default certificate identifier to override the current one with.

To determine the valid values, use the describe-certificates Amazon CLI command or the DescribeCertificates API operation.

Type: String

Required: No

RemoveCustomerOverride

Specifies whether to remove the override for the default certificate. If the override is removed, the default certificate is the system default.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

Response Elements

The following element is returned by the service.

Certificate

A CA certificate for an Amazon Web Services account.

For more information, see Using SSL/TLS to encrypt a connection to a DB instance in the Amazon RDS User Guide and Using SSL/TLS to encrypt a connection to a DB cluster in the Amazon Aurora User Guide.

Type: Certificate object

Errors

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

CertificateNotFound

CertificateIdentifier doesn't refer to an existing certificate.

HTTP Status Code: 404

See Also

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