Get Service Certificate
The Get Service Certificate operation returns the public data for the specified X.509 certificate associated with a cloud service.
Request
The Get Service Certificate request may be specified as follows. Replace <subscription-id> with the subscription ID, <service-name> with the DNS prefix name of the cloud service, <thumbprint-algorithm> with the algorithm for the thumbprint, and <thumbprint> with the thumbprint.
Method |
Request URI |
|---|---|
GET |
https://management.core.windows.net/<subscription-id>/services/hostedservices/<service-name>/certificates/<thumbprint-algorithm>-<thumbprint-in-hexadecimal> |
URI Parameters
None.
Request Headers
The following table describes the request headers.
Request Header |
Description |
|---|---|
x-ms-version |
Required. Specifies the version of the operation to use for this request. This header should be set to 2009-10-01 or higher. |
Request Body
None.
Response
The response includes an HTTP status code, a set of response headers, and a response body.
Status Code
A successful operation returns status code 200 (OK).
Response Headers
The response for this operation includes the following headers. The response may also include additional standard HTTP headers.
Response Header |
Description |
|---|---|
x-ms-request-id |
A value that uniquely identifies a request made against the management service. |
Response Body
The format of the response body is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Certificate xmlns=”https://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure”>
<Data>Base64-encoded-X509-representation</Data>
</Certificate>
The following table describes the elements of the response body.
Element name |
Description |
|---|---|
Data |
Specifies the public portion of the X.509 service certificate as a base-64 encoded form of the .cer file. |
Remarks
The Get Service Certificate operation returns the base-64 encoded binary X.509 certificate data in .cer file format for the specified certificate associated with a cloud service. This certificate can be used to support secure access to a web role or worker role.