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Upload mTLS certificate

client.MTLSCertificates.New(ctx, params) (*MTLSCertificateNewResponse, error)
POST/accounts/{account_id}/mtls_certificates

Upload a certificate that you want to use with mTLS-enabled Cloudflare services, such as Bring Your Own CA (BYO-CA) for mTLS. To create certificates issued by the Cloudflare managed CA, use the Create Client Certificate endpoint.

Security
API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194
Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
Account: SSL and Certificates Write
ParametersExpand Collapse
params MTLSCertificateNewParams
AccountID param.Field[string]

Path param: Identifier.

maxLength32
CA param.Field[bool]

Body param: Indicates whether the certificate is a CA or leaf certificate.

Certificates param.Field[string]

Body param: The uploaded root CA certificate.

Name param.Field[string]optional

Body param: Optional unique name for the certificate. Only used for human readability.

PrivateKey param.Field[string]optional

Body param: The private key for the certificate. This field is only needed for specific use cases such as using a custom certificate with Zero Trust's block page.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
type MTLSCertificateNewResponse struct{…}
ID stringoptional

Identifier.

maxLength32
CA booloptional

Indicates whether the certificate is a CA or leaf certificate.

Certificates stringoptional

The uploaded root CA certificate.

ExpiresOn Timeoptional

When the certificate expires.

formatdate-time
Issuer stringoptional

The certificate authority that issued the certificate.

Name stringoptional

Optional unique name for the certificate. Only used for human readability.

SerialNumber stringoptional

The certificate serial number.

Signature stringoptional

The type of hash used for the certificate.

UpdatedAt Timeoptional

This is the time the certificate was updated.

formatdate-time
UploadedOn Timeoptional

This is the time the certificate was uploaded.

formatdate-time

Upload mTLS certificate

package main

import (
  "context"
  "fmt"

  "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go"
  "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go/mtls_certificates"
  "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go/option"
)

func main() {
  client := cloudflare.NewClient(
    option.WithAPIToken("Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY"),
  )
  mtlsCertificate, err := client.MTLSCertificates.New(context.TODO(), mtls_certificates.MTLSCertificateNewParams{
    AccountID: cloudflare.F("023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353"),
    CA: cloudflare.F(true),
    Certificates: cloudflare.F("-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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\nJhqeoTewsxndhDDE\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----"),
  })
  if err != nil {
    panic(err.Error())
  }
  fmt.Printf("%+v\n", mtlsCertificate.ID)
}
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    "ca": true,
    "certificates": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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\nJhqeoTewsxndhDDE\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----",
    "expires_on": "2122-10-29T16:59:47Z",
    "issuer": "O=Example Inc.,L=California,ST=San Francisco,C=US",
    "name": "example_ca_cert",
    "serial_number": "235217144297995885180570755458463043449861756659",
    "signature": "SHA256WithRSA",
    "updated_at": "2022-11-22T17:32:30.467938Z",
    "uploaded_on": "2022-11-22T17:32:30.467938Z"
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    "ca": true,
    "certificates": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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\nJhqeoTewsxndhDDE\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----",
    "expires_on": "2122-10-29T16:59:47Z",
    "issuer": "O=Example Inc.,L=California,ST=San Francisco,C=US",
    "name": "example_ca_cert",
    "serial_number": "235217144297995885180570755458463043449861756659",
    "signature": "SHA256WithRSA",
    "updated_at": "2022-11-22T17:32:30.467938Z",
    "uploaded_on": "2022-11-22T17:32:30.467938Z"
  }
}