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ACM examples using Amazon CLI

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The following code example shows how to use add-tags-to-certificate.

Amazon CLI

To add tags to an existing ACM Certificate

The following add-tags-to-certificate command adds two tags to the specified certificate. Use a space to separate multiple tags:

aws acm add-tags-to-certificate --certificate-arn arn:aws:acm:region:account:certificate/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012 --tags Key=Admin,Value=Alice Key=Purpose,Value=Website

The following code example shows how to use delete-certificate.

Amazon CLI

To delete an ACM certificate from your account

The following delete-certificate command deletes the certificate with the specified ARN:

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

The following code example shows how to use describe-certificate.

Amazon CLI

To retrieve the fields contained in an ACM certificate

The following describe-certificate command retrieves all of the fields for the certificate with the specified ARN:

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

Output similar to the following is displayed:

{
  "Certificate": {
    "CertificateArn": "arn:aws:acm:region:account:certificate/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012",
    "CreatedAt": 1446835267.0,
    "DomainName": "www.example.com",
    "DomainValidationOptions": [
      {
        "DomainName": "www.example.com",
        "ValidationDomain": "www.example.com",
        "ValidationEmails": [
          "hostmaster@example.com",
          "admin@example.com",
          "owner@example.com.whoisprivacyservice.org",
          "tech@example.com.whoisprivacyservice.org",
          "admin@example.com.whoisprivacyservice.org",
          "postmaster@example.com",
          "webmaster@example.com",
          "administrator@example.com"
        ]
      },
      {
        "DomainName": "www.example.net",
        "ValidationDomain": "www.example.net",
        "ValidationEmails": [
          "postmaster@example.net",
          "admin@example.net",
          "owner@example.net.whoisprivacyservice.org",
          "tech@example.net.whoisprivacyservice.org",
          "admin@example.net.whoisprivacyservice.org",
          "hostmaster@example.net",
          "administrator@example.net",
          "webmaster@example.net"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "InUseBy": [],
    "IssuedAt": 1446835815.0,
    "Issuer": "Amazon",
    "KeyAlgorithm": "RSA-2048",
    "NotAfter": 1478433600.0,
    "NotBefore": 1446768000.0,
    "Serial": "0f:ac:b0:a3:8d:ea:65:52:2d:7d:01:3a:39:36:db:d6",
    "SignatureAlgorithm": "SHA256WITHRSA",
    "Status": "ISSUED",
    "Subject": "CN=www.example.com",
    "SubjectAlternativeNames": [
      "www.example.com",
      "www.example.net"
    ]
  }
}

The following code example shows how to use export-certificate.

Amazon CLI

To export a private certificate issued by a private CA.

The following export-certificate command exports a private certificate, certificate chain, and private key to your display:

aws acm export-certificate --certificate-arn arn:aws:acm:region:account:certificate/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012 --passphrase file://path-to-passphrase-file

To export the certificate, chain, and private key to a local file, use the following command:

aws acm export-certificate --certificate-arn arn:aws:acm:region:sccount:certificate/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012 --passphrase file://path-to-passphrase-file > c:\temp\export.txt

The following code example shows how to use get-certificate.

Amazon CLI

To retrieve an ACM certificate

The following get-certificate command retrieves the certificate for the specified ARN and the certificate chain:

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

Output similar to the following is displayed:

{
  "Certificate": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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NYiytVbZPQUQ5Yaxu2jXnimvw3rrszlaEXAMPLE=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----",

  "CertificateChain": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIICiTCCAfICCQD6m7oRw0uXOjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADCBiDELMAkGA1UEBhMC
VVMxCzAJBgNVBAgTAldBMRAwDgYDVQQHEwdTZWF0dGxlMQ8wDQYDVQQKEwZBbWF6
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BgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWEG5vb25lQGFtYXpvbi5jb20wHhcNMTEwNDI1MjA0NTIxWhcN
MTIwNDI0MjA0NTIxWjCBiDELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxCzAJBgNVBAgTAldBMRAwDgYD
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NYiytVbZPQUQ5Yaxu2jXnimvw3rrszlaEXAMPLE=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----",
"-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIICiTCCAfICCQD6m7oRw0uXOjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADCBiDELMAkGA1UEBhMC
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NYiytVbZPQUQ5Yaxu2jXnimvw3rrszlaEXAMPLE=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----",
"-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIICiTCCAfICCQD6m7oRw0uXOjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADCBiDELMAkGA1UEBhMC
VVMxCzAJBgNVBAgTAldBMRAwDgYDVQQHEwdTZWF0dGxlMQ8wDQYDVQQKEwZBbWF6
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NYiytVbZPQUQ5Yaxu2jXnimvw3rrszlaEXAMPLE=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----"
}

  • For API details, see GetCertificate in Amazon CLI Command Reference.

The following code example shows how to use import-certificate.

Amazon CLI

To import a certificate into ACM.

The following import-certificate command imports a certificate into ACM. Replace the file names with your own:

aws acm import-certificate --certificate file://Certificate.pem --certificate-chain file://CertificateChain.pem --private-key file://PrivateKey.pem

The following code example shows how to use list-certificates.

Amazon CLI

To list the ACM certificates for an Amazon account

The following list-certificates command lists the ARNs of the certificates in your account:

aws acm list-certificates

The preceding command produces output similar to the following:

{
    "CertificateSummaryList": [
        {
            "CertificateArn": "arn:aws:acm:region:account:certificate/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012",
            "DomainName": "www.example.com"
        },
        {
            "CertificateArn": "arn:aws:acm:region:account:certificate/aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
            "DomainName": "www.example.net"
        }
    ]
}

You can decide how many certificates you want to display each time you call list-certificates. For example, if you have four certificates and you want to display no more than two at a time, set the max-items argument to 2 as in the following example:

aws acm list-certificates --max-items 2

Two certificate ARNs and a NextToken value will be displayed:

"CertificateSummaryList": [
  {
    "CertificateArn": "arn:aws:acm:region:account: \
            certificate/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012",
    "DomainName": "www.example.com"
  },
  {
    "CertificateArn": "arn:aws:acm:region:account: \
             certificate/aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
    "DomainName": "www.example.net"
  }
  ],
    "NextToken": "9f4d9f69-275a-41fe-b58e-2b837bd9ba48"

To display the next two certificates in your account, set this NextToken value in your next call:

aws acm list-certificates --max-items 2 --next-token 9f4d9f69-275a-41fe-b58e-2b837bd9ba48

You can filter your output by using the certificate-statuses argument. The following command displays certificates that have a PENDING_VALIDATION status:

aws acm list-certificates --certificate-statuses PENDING_VALIDATION

You can also filter your output by using the includes argument. The following command displays certificates filtered on the following properties. The certificates to be displayed:

- Specify that the RSA algorithm and a 2048 bit key are used to generate key pairs.
- Contain a Key Usage extension that specifies that the certificates can be used to create digital signatures.
- Contain an Extended Key Usage extension that specifies that the certificates can be used for code signing.

aws acm list-certificates --max-items 10 --includes extendedKeyUsage=CODE_SIGNING,keyUsage=DIGITAL_SIGNATURE,keyTypes=RSA_2048

The following code example shows how to use list-tags-for-certificate.

Amazon CLI

To list the tags applied to an ACM Certificate

The following list-tags-for-certificate command lists the tags applied to a certificate in your account:

aws acm list-tags-for-certificate --certificate-arn arn:aws:acm:region:account:certificate/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012

The preceding command produces output similar to the following:

{
  "Tags": [
      {
          "Value": "Website",
          "Key": "Purpose"
      },
      {
          "Value": "Alice",
          "Key": "Admin"
      }
  ]
}

The following code example shows how to use remove-tags-from-certificate.

Amazon CLI

To remove a tag from an ACM Certificate

The following remove-tags-from-certificate command removes two tags from the specified certificate. Use a space to separate multiple tags:

aws acm remove-tags-from-certificate --certificate-arn arn:aws:acm:region:account:certificate/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012 --tags Key=Admin,Value=Alice Key=Purpose,Value=Website

The following code example shows how to use request-certificate.

Amazon CLI

To request a new ACM certificate

The following request-certificate command requests a new certificate for the www.example.com domain using DNS validation:

aws acm request-certificate --domain-name www.example.com --validation-method DNS

You can enter an idempotency token to distinguish between calls to request-certificate:

aws acm request-certificate --domain-name www.example.com --validation-method DNS --idempotency-token 91adc45q

You can enter one or more subject alternative names to request a certificate that will protect more than one apex domain:

aws acm request-certificate --domain-name example.com --validation-method DNS --idempotency-token 91adc45q --subject-alternative-names www.example.net

You can enter an alternative name that can also be used to reach your website:

aws acm request-certificate --domain-name example.com --validation-method DNS --idempotency-token 91adc45q --subject-alternative-names www.example.com

You can use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard to create a certificate for several subdomains in the same domain:

aws acm request-certificate --domain-name example.com --validation-method DNS --idempotency-token 91adc45q --subject-alternative-names *.example.com

You can also enter multiple alternative names:

aws acm request-certificate --domain-name example.com --validation-method DNS --subject-alternative-names b.example.com c.example.com d.example.com

If you are using email for validation, you can enter domain validation options to specify the domain to which the validation email will be sent:

aws acm request-certificate --domain-name example.com --validation-method EMAIL --subject-alternative-names www.example.com --domain-validation-options DomainName=example.com,ValidationDomain=example.com

The following command opts out of certificate transparency logging when you request a new certificate:

aws acm request-certificate --domain-name www.example.com --validation-method DNS --options CertificateTransparencyLoggingPreference=DISABLED --idempotency-token 184627

The following code example shows how to use resend-validation-email.

Amazon CLI

To resend validation email for your ACM certificate request

The following resend-validation-email command tells the Amazon certificate authority to send validation email to the appropriate addresses:

aws acm resend-validation-email --certificate-arn arn:aws:acm:region:account:certificate/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012 --domain www.example.com --validation-domain example.com

The following code example shows how to use update-certificate-options.

Amazon CLI

To update the certificate options

The following update-certificate-options command opts out of certificate transparency logging:

aws acm update-certificate-options --certificate-arn arn:aws:acm:region:account:certificate/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012 --options CertificateTransparencyLoggingPreference=DISABLED