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Certificate Management Service:DescribeClientCertificateForSerialNumber

Last Updated:Apr 03, 2026

Retrieves the details of multiple client or server certificates by serial number.

Note

This API has been deprecated. We recommend migrating to cas(2020-06-30) - DescribeClientCertificate for enhanced functionality and continued support. While the deprecated API remains temporarily accessible, no further updates or bug fixes will be provided.

Operation description

Usage

Retrieves the details of multiple client or server certificates by serial number. The response includes each certificate's serial number, subject information, content, and status.

Before calling this operation, ensure you have created a client certificate or a server certificate.

To create a client certificate, see:

To create a server certificate, see:

QPS limit

The QPS limit for this operation is 10 calls per second per account. Exceeding this limit triggers throttling, which can impact your business. Plan your calls accordingly.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

yundun-cert:DescribeClientCertificateForSerialNumber

get

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

SerialNumber

string

Yes

The serial numbers of the client or server certificates. Separate multiple serial numbers with a comma.

Note

Call ListClientCertificate to query the serial numbers of all client and server certificates.

084bde9cd233f0ddae33adc438cfbbbd****

When calling this API, you must include the Alibaba Cloud common request parameters in addition to the API-specific parameters described in this topic. For more information, see Common parameters.

For the request format, see the example in the Examples section.

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

ListCertificateResponse

CertificateList

array<object>

Details of the client or server certificates.

object

The certificate information.

X509Certificate

string

The certificate content.

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- ...... -----END CERTIFICATE-----

Identifier

string

The unique identifier of the certificate.

d3b95700998e47afc4d95f886579****

SerialNumber

string

The serial number of the certificate.

084bde9cd233f0ddae33adc438cfbbbd****

SubjectDN

string

The distinguished name (DN) of the certificate. The DN contains information about the certificate subject, including:

  • C: Country.

  • O: Organization.

  • OU: Organizational unit.

  • L: City.

  • ST: State or province.

  • CN: Common name.

C=CN,O=阿里云计算有限公司,OU=Security,L=Hangzhou,ST=Zhejiang,CN=Aliyun

CommonName

string

The common name of the certificate.

aliyun.com

OrganizationUnit

string

The organizational unit of the issuer.

Security

Organization

string

The organization of the issuer.

阿里云计算有限公司

Locality

string

The city of the issuer.

Hangzhou

State

string

The state or province of the issuer.

Zhejiang

CountryCode

string

The two-letter country code of the issuer.

For more information about country codes, see the Country codes section in Manage company profiles.

CN

Sans

string

The subject alternative name (SAN) extension, which specifies identifiers such as email addresses, domain names, URIs, and IP addresses.

A JSON string that represents an array of SAN objects. Each object contains the following parameters:

  • Type: The type of the extension. This parameter is an integer. Valid values:
    • 1: email address.

    • 2: domain name.

    • 6: uniform resource identifier (URI).

    • 7: IP address.

  • Value: The content of the extension. This parameter is a string.

[ {"Type": 7, "Value": "192.0.XX.XX"}, {"Type": 2, "Value": "www.aliyundoc.com"}, ]

Status

string

The status of the certificate. Valid values:

  • ISSUE: The certificate is issued.

  • REVOKE: The certificate is revoked.

ISSUE

BeforeDate

string

The issuance time of the certificate.

2021-10-28T16:15Z

AfterDate

string

The expiration time of the certificate.

2022-08-23T16:15Z

Algorithm

string

The encryption algorithm of the certificate. Valid values:

  • RSA: The RSA algorithm.

  • ECC: The ECC algorithm.

  • SM2: The SM2 algorithm.

RSA

KeySize

integer

The key length of the certificate.

4096

SignAlgorithm

string

The signature algorithm of the certificate.

SHA256WITHRSA

CertificateType

string

The type of the certificate.

SUB_ROOT

ParentIdentifier

string

The identifier of the issuer. This parameter is returned only if the certificate is issued by Alibaba Cloud.

1a83bcbb89e562885e40aa0108f5****

Sha2

string

The SHA-256 fingerprint of the certificate.

14dcc8afc7578e1fcec36d658f7e20de18f6957bbac42b373a66bc9de4e9****

Md5

string

The MD5 fingerprint of the certificate.

d3b95700998e47afc4d95f886579****

Years

integer

This parameter is deprecated.

1

RequestId

string

The ID of the request.

15C66C7B-671A-4297-9187-2C4477247A74

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "CertificateList": [
    {
      "X509Certificate": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----  ...... -----END CERTIFICATE-----",
      "Identifier": "d3b95700998e47afc4d95f886579****",
      "SerialNumber": "084bde9cd233f0ddae33adc438cfbbbd****",
      "SubjectDN": "C=CN,O=阿里云计算有限公司,OU=Security,L=Hangzhou,ST=Zhejiang,CN=Aliyun",
      "CommonName": "aliyun.com",
      "OrganizationUnit": "Security",
      "Organization": "阿里云计算有限公司",
      "Locality": "Hangzhou",
      "State": "Zhejiang",
      "CountryCode": "CN",
      "Sans": "[ {\"Type\": 7, \"Value\": \"192.0.XX.XX\"}, {\"Type\": 2, \"Value\": \"www.aliyundoc.com\"}, ]",
      "Status": "ISSUE",
      "BeforeDate": "2021-10-28T16:15Z",
      "AfterDate": "2022-08-23T16:15Z",
      "Algorithm": "RSA",
      "KeySize": 4096,
      "SignAlgorithm": "SHA256WITHRSA",
      "CertificateType": "SUB_ROOT",
      "ParentIdentifier": "1a83bcbb89e562885e40aa0108f5****",
      "Sha2": "14dcc8afc7578e1fcec36d658f7e20de18f6957bbac42b373a66bc9de4e9****",
      "Md5": "d3b95700998e47afc4d95f886579****",
      "Years": 1
    }
  ],
  "RequestId": "15C66C7B-671A-4297-9187-2C4477247A74"
}

Error codes

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.