UAPI Functions - SSL::upload_cert - Knowledgebase

Description

This function uploads a certificate.

Note:

Due to the limited field length of HTTP GET method calls, you must use the HTTP POST method. For this reason, you cannot use a cPanel or Webmail session URL to call this function.

Examples

 LiveAPI PHP Class

$cpanel = new CPANEL(); // Connect to cPanel - only do this once.
  
// Upload the certificate "TestCert"
$SSL_upload_cert = $cpanel->uapi(
    'SSL', 'upload_cert',    array(
           'friendly_name'    => 'TestCert',
           'crt'              => '-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----'
 )
);

 LiveAPI Perl Module

my $cpliveapi = Cpanel::LiveAPI->new(); # Connect to cPanel - only do this once.
  
# Upload the certificate "TestCert"
my $SSL_upload_cert = $cpliveapi->uapi(
    'SSL', 'upload_cert',    {
           'friendly_name'    => 'TestCert',
           'crt'              => '-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----' }
);

 cPanel Template Toolkit

<!-- Upload the certificate "TestCert" -->
[% data = execute( 'SSL', 'upload_cert', { friendly_name => 'TestCert','crt' => '-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----} ); %]
[% FOREACH q = data %]
     <p>
         [% q %]
     </p>
[% END %]

Command Line

uapi --user=username SSL upload_cert friendly_name=TestCert crt=-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIDcTCCAlmgAwIBAgIFAU+BNVgwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQAwUTESMBAGA1UEAwwJc2lza28udGxkMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEPMA0GA1UECgwGY1BhbmVsMQswCQYDVQQIDAJUWDEQMA4GA1UEBwwHSG91c3RvbjAeFw0xNDEwMDYyMjI2MTlaFw0xNTEwMDYyMjI2MTlaMFExEjAQBgNVBAMMCXNpc2tvLnRsZDELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxDzANBgNVBAoMBmNQYW5lbDELMAkGA1UECAwCVFgxEDAOBgNVBAcMB0hvdXN0b24wggEiMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4IBDwAwggEKAoIBAQC9zx6zGiHdmWA0dKtoXmJiWXpZ9E3PXx3YHsjFEWW7e5pH0vZ+jVMzDmm5nsJ7RXrAkZO1IvpIpVLvoQfiJOWVvkD+o9fWvoK1tWJS72FSgPju+58mA2ieBuc87A790Pzuv1P3NR3zFLAjUR99zkHR1fpri/daM3PBWO8ET48FWkyU1kOeZaUlF67/+wrEiNgg+t1qhKOCAB61PdNVkLaSGHimksuC+Czk8Kq9nuS0E0TCnDtjjEyJ455FUcaCfczlTb8xkB/F9ORe74yTzD+vlk0tFMG6PLj/ajIwWqwO0qmQ8wX3NRxkWgGz5kVO1wrVJarKQ5EYQ3/mgvit0v6dAgMBAAGjUDBOMB0GA1UdDgQWBBRw+wKBo34+bgexjAa3EMDsgSCd7zAfBgNVHSMEGDAWgBRw+wKBo34+bgexjAa3EMDsgSCd7zAMBgNVHRMEBTADAQH/MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUA
A4IBAQCHRXIs53opzKM2rM8Qe8lcw524WK6hqy2EWrZHp78N7rU7/6DQ/I3hv3WhcDDIO04I2/Xhe88MLBaLoM367Ya+vy7CaLr14aLi/SfQszMA0ALBvMao+Fis0iVwFYq/NLgSXw+fgnpFskt8v8iQZ+4Kaal8U8e9sVgu8m0RgO7rzym1eRiIKpsKd1rh/SD7LbSN7M7TRL3QqF7ltw9sQhAAsQcRaBBF21pdWrqhiGZ+Eioo3hhgwNavH2agqz78ddHwrFpHFwrEeUk1OfpPb76MYIce7xIy/4oQNdg6fOq4l/FrajBv+WkzDVPaKm6r7YmwfLN/YMZBHXSR58oOGP9W-----END CERTIFICATE-----

Notes:

You must URI-encode values.
username represents your account-level username.

 Output (JSON)

{
  "messages": null,
  "errors": null,
  "status": 1,
  "data": [
    {
      "is_self_signed": 0,
      "validation_type":"dv",
      "signature_algorithm":"sha256WithRSAEncryption",
      "issuer.organizationName": "VeriSign, Inc.",
      "modulus": "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",
      "not_before": 1366329600,
      "subject.commonName": "example.com",
      "modulus_length": 2048,
      "not_after": 1369007999,
      "created": 1366387473,
      "domains": [
        "example.com"
      ],
      "issuer.commonName": "VeriSign Trial Secure Server CA - G2",
      "id": "example_com_bbe7e_16e2d_1369007999_bef4b606ff1b4669e76054cb20bf36bf",
      "friendly_name": "TestCert"
    }
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "transformed": 1
  }
}

Note:

Use cPanel's API Shell interface (Home >> Advanced >> API Shell) to directly test cPanel API calls.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Possible values	Example
crt	string	Required The certificate's contents.	A valid certificate file in Base64 PEM format.
friendly_name	string	The certificate's friendly name.	A valid string.	TestCert

Parameter

Type

Description

Possible values

Example

crt

string

Required

The certificate's contents.

A valid certificate file in Base64 PEM format.

friendly_name

string

The certificate's friendly name.

A valid string.

TestCert

Returns

Return	Type	Description	Possible values	Example
is_self_signed	Boolean	Whether the certificate is self-signed.	1 — Self-signed. 0 — Not self-signed.	1
validation_type	string	The certificate's validation type. Note: We introduced this return in cPanel & WHM version 56.	ev — Extended Validation. ov — Organization Validation. dv — Domain Validation. undef — The system could not parse and determine the certificate's validation type.	dv
signature_algorithm	string	The signature algorithm of the certificate. Note: We introduced this return in cPanel & WHM version 56.	A valid OID hash algorithm name.	sha256WithRSAEncryption
issuer.organizationName	string	The issuer's organization name.	A valid string.	VeriSign, Inc.
modulus	string	The certificate's modulus.	A valid string.
not_before	integer	The certificate's start time.	A date in Unix time format.	1365633490
subject.commonName	string	The issuer's Common Name or Distinguished Name.	A valid domain name.	example.com
modulus_length	integer	The modulus's length.	A positive integer which measures the length in bits.	2048
not_after	integer	The certificate's expiration date.	A date in Unix time format.	1397169490
created	integer	The certificate's creation date.	A date in Unix time format.	1366387473
domains	string	The certificate's domains or list of domains.	A valid domain or list of domains.	example.com
issuer.commonName	string	The issuer's Common Name or Distinguished Name.	A valid string.	VeriSign Trial Secure Server CA - G2
id	string	The certificate's ID.	A valid string.
friendly_name	string	The certificate's friendly name.	A valid string.	TestCert

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