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Edge Security Acceleration:CreateClientCertificate

Last Updated:Nov 07, 2025

Uses the ESA-managed certificate authority (CA) to issue client certificates.

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
esa:CreateClientCertificatecreate
*Site
acs:esa:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:site/{#SiteId}
    none
none

Request parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescriptionExample
SiteIdlongYes

The website ID.

1234567890123
CSRstringNo

The certificate signing request (CSR).

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
PkeyTypestringNo

The type of the private key algorithm.

RSA
ValidityDayslongYes

The validity period of the certificate. Unit: day.

365

Response parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionExample
object

Schema of Response

RequestIdstring

The request ID.

C370DAF1-C838-4288-A1A0-9A87633D248E
Idstring

The certificate ID on ESA.

babaded901474b9693acf530e0fb1d95
Statusstring

The status of the certificate.

active
Certificatestring

The certificate content.

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
PrivateKeystring

The private key of the certificate.

-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
CommonNamestring

The Common Name of the certificate.

www.example.com
NotBeforestring

The time when the certificate takes effect.

2023-12-01T02:12:49Z
NotAfterstring

The time when the certificate expires.

2024-12-01T02:12:49Z
Issuerstring

The CA that issued the certificate.

DCDN CA
SerialNumberstring

The serial number of the certificate.

babaded901474b9693acf530e0fb1daa
FingerprintSha256string

The SHA-256 fingerprint of the certificate.

1dc5fc9af4eead2570c70d94b416130baeb6d4429b51fd3557379588456aca66
SignatureAlgorithmstring

The signature algorithm of the certificate.

SHA256-RSA
ValidityDaysstring

The validity period of the certificate. Unit: day.

365
CACertificateIdstring

The ID of the CA certificate.

babaded901474b9693acf530e0fb1dbb

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "RequestId": "C370DAF1-C838-4288-A1A0-9A87633D248E",
  "Id": "babaded901474b9693acf530e0fb1d95",
  "Status": "active",
  "Certificate": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----",
  "PrivateKey": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----",
  "CommonName": "www.example.com ",
  "NotBefore": "2023-12-01T02:12:49Z",
  "NotAfter": "2024-12-01T02:12:49Z",
  "Issuer": "DCDN CA",
  "SerialNumber": "babaded901474b9693acf530e0fb1daa",
  "FingerprintSha256": "1dc5fc9af4eead2570c70d94b416130baeb6d4429b51fd3557379588456aca66",
  "SignatureAlgorithm": "SHA256-RSA",
  "ValidityDays": 365,
  "CACertificateId": "babaded901474b9693acf530e0fb1dbb"
}

Error codes

HTTP status codeError codeError messageDescription
400InvalidParameter.SiteIdFailed to query the website based on the SiteID you specified. Check parameter SiteId and try again.Failed to query the website based on the SiteID you specified. Check parameter SiteId and try again.
400MissingSiteIdRequired parameter SiteId missing. Specify SiteId and try again.Required parameter SiteId missing. Specify SiteId and try again.
400InternalExceptionFailed to call the service. Try again later or contact technical support.Failed to call the service. Try again later or contact technical support.
400InvalidParameterThe specified parameter is invalid.The specified parameter is invalid.
400QuotaCheckFailed.FunctionThe feature is unavailable in your plan. Upgrade the plan or contact your account manager to request the feature.The feature is unavailable in your plan. Upgrade the plan or contact your account manager to request the feature.
403Unauthorized.InvalidTimeThe specified authentication time is invalid.The authentication time parameter you entered is invalid. Check the parameter value and try again.
403Unauthorized.InvalidTokenToken authentication failed.The token you entered is invalid. Please check and enter the correct token and try again.

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

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