Host Certificate Manager Generate Certificate Signing Request By Dn

Requests the server to generate a certificate-signing request (CSR) for itself.

Alternative version similar to GenerateCertificateSigningRequest but takes a Distinguished Name (DN) as a parameter.

Required privileges: Certificate.Manage

Request

URI

POST

https://{api_host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/HostCertificateManager/{moId}/GenerateCertificateSigningRequestByDn

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Path Parameters

string

moId

Required

The unique identifier for the managed object to which the method attaches; the serialized managed object reference for a request has the form moType/moId, in this case HostCertificateManager/{moId}.

string

release

Required

The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 9.0.0.0 APIs.

Request Body

GenerateCertificateSigningRequestByDnRequestType of type(s) application/json

Required

"GenerateCertificateSigningRequestByDnRequestType Object"

string

distinguishedName

Required

DN to be used as subject in CSR.

spec

Optional

is used to generate CSR for selected certificate kind

Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.1.0

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

200

CSR in PEM format

Returns string of type(s) application/json

Operation doesn't return any data structure

500

HostConfigFault: if there's a problem generating the CSR.

Returns HostConfigFault of type(s) application/json

"HostConfigFault Object"

Code Samples

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                    curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: <value>' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '[{}]' https://{api_host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/HostCertificateManager/{moId}/GenerateCertificateSigningRequestByDn

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Description

Request

Path Parameters

Request Body

Authentication

Response

200 Response Body

Errors

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Host Certificate Manager Generate Certificate Signing Request