POST

/cacertificate

http://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com/cacertificate

Registers a CA certificate with Amazon Web Services IoT Core. There is no limit to the number of CA certificates you can register in your Amazon Web Services account. You can register up to 10 CA certificates with the same <code>CA subject field</code> per Amazon Web Services account. Requires permission to access the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awsiot.html#awsiot-actions-as-permissions">RegisterCACertificate</a> action.

Access Token Required: API Key

Query Params

setAsActiveboolean

A boolean value that specifies if the CA certificate is set to active. Valid values: <code>ACTIVE | INACTIVE</code>

allowAutoRegistrationboolean

Allows this CA certificate to be used for auto registration of device certificates.

Body Params

tagsarray

Metadata which can be used to manage the CA certificate. <note> For URI Request parameters use format: ...key1=value1&key2=value2... For the CLI command-line parameter use format: &&tags "key1=value1&key2=value2..." For the cli-input-json file use format: "tags": "key1=value1&key2=value2..." </note>

caCertificatestringrequired

The PEM of a certificate.

certificateModestring

Describes the certificate mode in which the Certificate Authority (CA) will be registered. If the <code>verificationCertificate</code> field is not provided, set <code>certificateMode</code> to be <code>SNI_ONLY</code>. If the <code>verificationCertificate</code> field is provided, set <code>certificateMode</code> to be <code>DEFAULT</code>. When <code>certificateMode</code> is not provided, it defaults to <code>DEFAULT</code>. All the device certificates that are registered using this CA will be registered in the same certificate mode as the CA. For more information about certificate mode for device certificates, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/apireference/API_CertificateDescription.html#iot-Type-CertificateDescription-certificateMode"> certificate mode</a>.

registrationConfigobject

The registration configuration.

verificationCertificatestring

The PEM of a certificate.

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

Language

CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

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cURL Request

1curl --request POST \
2     --url 'http://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com/cacertificate' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}