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Certificate.Create Method (String, CertificateSourceType, String, String, String)

Creates a certificate on the database that has the specified certificate source type.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub Create ( _
    certificateSource As String, _
    sourceType As CertificateSourceType, _
    privateKeyPath As String, _
    privateKeyDecryptionPassword As String, _
    privateKeyEncryptionPassword As String _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As Certificate
Dim certificateSource As String
Dim sourceType As CertificateSourceType
Dim privateKeyPath As String
Dim privateKeyDecryptionPassword As String
Dim privateKeyEncryptionPassword As String

instance.Create(certificateSource, sourceType, _
    privateKeyPath, privateKeyDecryptionPassword, _
    privateKeyEncryptionPassword)

public void Create(
    string certificateSource,
    CertificateSourceType sourceType,
    string privateKeyPath,
    string privateKeyDecryptionPassword,
    string privateKeyEncryptionPassword
)

public:
void Create(
    String^ certificateSource, 
    CertificateSourceType sourceType, 
    String^ privateKeyPath, 
    String^ privateKeyDecryptionPassword, 
    String^ privateKeyEncryptionPassword
)

member Create : 
        certificateSource:string * 
        sourceType:CertificateSourceType * 
        privateKeyPath:string * 
        privateKeyDecryptionPassword:string * 
        privateKeyEncryptionPassword:string -> unit 

public function Create(
    certificateSource : String, 
    sourceType : CertificateSourceType, 
    privateKeyPath : String, 
    privateKeyDecryptionPassword : String, 
    privateKeyEncryptionPassword : String
)

Parameters

  • certificateSource
    Type: System.String
    A String value that specifies the source of the certificate.
  • privateKeyPath
    Type: System.String
    A String value that specifies the system path for the private key.
  • privateKeyDecryptionPassword
    Type: System.String
    A String value that specifies the password used for decryption of the private key.
  • privateKeyEncryptionPassword
    Type: System.String
    A String value that specifies the password used for encryption of the private key.

Examples

Using Encryption