esx kms providers client certificate csr: create
Generate a certificate signing request (CSR) for the client certificate. This overwrites any existing CSR.
The CSR will allow the certificate to be signed by a third party. Once the CSR is signed, certificate may be added as a client certificate.
Calling the API repeatedly will result in a generating a new CSR each time.
Request:
HTTP request
POST https://{server}/api/esx/kms/providers/{provider}/client-certificate/csr
Path Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Required | ||
| provider | string | Identifier of the provider. |
Response:
HTTP Status Code: 201
Response Body Structure:
{
"csr" : "string",
"private_key" : "secret string"
}
"csr" : "string",
"private_key" : "secret string"
}
Headers:
NoneType:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| bold = required | ||
| - | info | A structure containing the CSR. |
| -.csr | string | Certificate Signing Request. PEM format. |
| -.private_key | secret | Private key. PEM format. Optional. If unset, privateKey won't have key data. |
Errors:
| HTTP Status Code | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | invalid_argument | if the provider Id is empty. |
| 404 | not_found | if the provider is not found. |
| 401 | unauthenticated | if the caller is not authenticated. |
| 403 | unauthorized | if the caller is not authorized. |
| 500 | error | if any other error occurs. |