Create a Let's Encrypt® certificate
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To create a new Let's Encrypt certificate:
Management console
CLI
API
- In the management console, select the folder to create your certificate in.
- In the list of services, select Certificate Manager.
- Click Add certificate.
- In the menu that opens, select Let's Encrypt certificate.
- In the window that opens, enter the name of the certificate in the Name field.
- (optional) In the Description field, enter a description for the certificate.
- In the Domains field, enter the list of domains to create a certificate for.
- Select the type of domain rights check:
HTTPorDNS. - Click Create.
If you don't have the Yandex.Cloud command line interface yet, install and initialize it.
The folder specified in the CLI profile is used by default. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.
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View a description of the command:
yc certificate-manager certificate request --help -
Run the command:
yc certificate-manager certificate request \ --name mymanagedcert \ --domains example.comCommand parameters:
--name: Certificate name.--domains: Certificate domains.
Command results:
id: fpq6gvvm6piuegbb2nol folder_id: b1g7gvsi89m34qmcm3ke created_at: "2020-09-15T08:49:11.533771Z" name: mymanagedcert type: MANAGED domains: - example.com status: VALIDATING updated_at: "2020-09-15T08:49:11.533771Z"
To create a certificate, use the requestNew method for the Certificate resource.
The new certificate now appears in the certificate list with the Validating status. This status means that a Let's Encrypt certificate was requested and you need to pass the domain rights check to process it.