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ApsaraMQ for MQTT:GetDeviceCertificate

Last Updated:Jul 31, 2025

Queries the details of a device certificate. Device certificates are digital certificates issued to clients by certificate authority (CA) root certificates. When you connect an ApsaraMQ for MQTT client to an ApsaraMQ for MQTT broker, the broker uses the device certificate to authenticate the client. If the client passes the authentication, the client and the broker can communicate with each other based on the encrypted private key in the device certificate. If the client fails the authentication, access requests from the client are denied by the client.

Operation description

  • Only ApsaraMQ for MQTT Enterprise Platinum Edition instances support this operation.
  • You can call this operation up to 500 times per second per Alibaba Cloud account. If you want to increase the limit, join the DingTalk group (ID: 35228338) to contact ApsaraMQ for MQTT technical support.

Debugging

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Authorization information

The following table shows the authorization information corresponding to the API. The authorization information can be used in the Action policy element to grant a RAM user or RAM role the permissions to call this API operation. Description:

  • Operation: the value that you can use in the Action element to specify the operation on a resource.
  • Access level: the access level of each operation. The levels are read, write, and list.
  • Resource type: the type of the resource on which you can authorize the RAM user or the RAM role to perform the operation. Take note of the following items:
    • For mandatory resource types, indicate with a prefix of * .
    • If the permissions cannot be granted at the resource level, All Resources is used in the Resource type column of the operation.
  • Condition Key: the condition key that is defined by the cloud service.
  • Associated operation: other operations that the RAM user or the RAM role must have permissions to perform to complete the operation. To complete the operation, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform the associated operations.
OperationAccess levelResource typeCondition keyAssociated operation
mq:GetDeviceCertificateget
*Instance
acs:mq:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:{#InstanceId}
    none
  • mq:MqttInstanceAccess

Request parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescriptionExample
MqttInstanceIdstringYes

The instance ID to which the device certificate is bound, i.e., the instance ID of the Cloud Message Queue MQTT version.

post-cn-7mz2d******
DeviceSnstringYes

The SN serial number of the device certificate to be queried, used to uniquely identify a device certificate. Value range: no more than 128 bytes.

356217374433******
CaSnstringYes

The SN serial number of the CA certificate to which the device certificate to be queried belongs, used to uniquely identify a CA certificate. Value range: no more than 128 bytes.

007269004887******

Response parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionExample
object

Schema of Response

RequestIdstring

Public parameters, each request ID is unique and can be used for troubleshooting and problem localization.

020F6A43-19E6-4B6E-B846-44EB31DF****
Dataobject

Certificate details.

ValidBeginstring

The start time when the device certificate becomes effective. The format is a Unix timestamp in milliseconds.

1654137303000
ValidEndstring

The end time when the device certificate becomes effective. The format is a Unix timestamp in milliseconds.

1969497303000
DeviceSnstring

The SN serial number of the device certificate, used to uniquely identify a device certificate.

356217374433******
DeviceNamestring

Name of the device certificate.

mqtt_device
DeviceContentstring

Content of the device certificate.

represents a new line.

-----BEGIN DEVICECERTIFICATE-----\nMIIDuzCCAqdGVzdC5jbi1xaW5n******\n-----END DEVICECERTIFICATE-----
CaSnstring

The SN serial number of the CA certificate to which the device certificate belongs, used to uniquely identify a CA certificate.

00f26900ba87******
Statusstring

The status of the device certificate. The values are as follows:

  • 0: Indicates that the certificate is in an inactive state. - 1: Indicates that the certificate is in an active state.
Note After the device certificate is registered, it is in an active state by default.
1

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "RequestId": "020F6A43-19E6-4B6E-B846-44EB31DF****",
  "Data": {
    "ValidBegin": 1654137303000,
    "ValidEnd": 1969497303000,
    "DeviceSn": "356217374433******",
    "DeviceName": "mqtt_device",
    "DeviceContent": "-----BEGIN DEVICECERTIFICATE-----\\nMIIDuzCCAqdGVzdC5jbi1xaW5n******\\n-----END DEVICECERTIFICATE-----",
    "CaSn": "00f26900ba87******",
    "Status": 1
  }
}

Error codes

HTTP status codeError codeError message
400ParameterFieldCheckFailedFailed to validate the parameters. The parameters may be missing or invalid.
500FindDeviceBySnErrorFailed to find the device certificate by the SN. Please check sn is valid
500MqttInstanceNotFoundSpecified instance is not found
500MqttOwnerCheckErrorFailed to validate the instance permission

For a list of error codes, visit the Service error codes.

Change history

Change timeSummary of changesOperation
2025-02-18The Error code has changedView Change Details