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AWS::ACMPCA::CertificateAuthority

ACMPCA CertificateAuthority

Private certificate authority.

Properties

9 configurable properties. 4 required. Click a row to see details.

Filter:
PropertyTypeFlags
KeyAlgorithm
string
RequiredCreate-only
SigningAlgorithm
string
RequiredCreate-only
Subject
Subject
RequiredCreate-onlyWrite-only
Type
string
RequiredCreate-only
CsrExtensions
CsrExtensions
Create-onlyWrite-only
KeyStorageSecurityStandard
string
Create-onlyWrite-only
RevocationConfiguration
RevocationConfiguration
Write-only
Tags
Array<Tag>
UsageMode
string
Create-only

Return Values

Values returned after the resource is created. Access these with Fn::GetAtt.

AttributeTypeDescription
ArnstringThe Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the certificate authority.
CertificateSigningRequeststringThe base64 PEM-encoded certificate signing request (CSR) for your certificate authority certificate.

Sample CloudFormation Template

A minimal template with required properties and common optional ones.

template.yaml
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: Sample template for AWS::ACMPCA::CertificateAuthority

Resources:
  MyResource:
    Type: AWS::ACMPCA::CertificateAuthority
    Properties:
      Type: "value"
      KeyAlgorithm: "value"
      SigningAlgorithm: "value"
      Subject: "value"
      Tags:
        - Key: Environment
          Value: Production

Required IAM Permissions

Permissions CloudFormation needs in your IAM role to manage this resource.

create

acm-pca:CreateCertificateAuthorityacm-pca:DescribeCertificateAuthorityacm-pca:GetCertificateAuthorityCsracm-pca:TagCertificateAuthority

read

acm-pca:DescribeCertificateAuthorityacm-pca:GetCertificateAuthorityCsracm-pca:ListTags

update

acm-pca:TagCertificateAuthorityacm-pca:UntagCertificateAuthorityacm-pca:UpdateCertificateAuthority

delete

acm-pca:DeleteCertificateAuthorityacm-pca:DescribeCertificateAuthority

list

acm-pca:DescribeCertificateAuthorityacm-pca:GetCertificateAuthorityCsracm-pca:ListCertificateAuthoritiesacm-pca:ListTags

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Quick Facts

ServiceACMPCA
Properties11
Required4
TaggingSupported
Primary IDArn

Supported Operations

CreateReadUpdateDeleteList

Immutable After Creation

These properties cannot be changed after the resource is created. Updating them triggers a replacement.

TypeKeyAlgorithmSigningAlgorithmSubjectCsrExtensionsKeyStorageSecurityStandardUsageMode

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