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- NAME
- gcloud beta certificate-manager certificates create - create a certificate
- SYNOPSIS
gcloud beta certificate-manager certificates create(CERTIFICATE:--location=LOCATION)(--certificate-file=PATH_TO_FILE--private-key-file=PATH_TO_FILE| [--domains=[DOMAINS,…] :--dns-authorizations=[DNS_AUTHORIZATIONS,…] |--issuance-config=ISSUANCE_CONFIG])[--async][--description=DESCRIPTION][--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]][--scope=SCOPE; default="DEFAULT"][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
- DESCRIPTION
(BETA)Create a new certificate.- Managed certificates can be created by supplying one or more domain names and an(optional) list of DNS authorizations for those domain names.
- Self-managed certificates can be created by uploading a certificate and itscorresponding private key (both in PEM format).
- EXAMPLES
- To create (upload) a self-managed certificate called
www-example-com, run:gcloudbetacertificate-managercertificatescreatewww-example-com--private-key-file=key.pem--certificate-file=cert.pemTo create a certificate managed by Certificate Manager called
api-example-com, run:gcloudbetacertificate-managercertificatescreateapi-example-com--domains="api.example.com"To create a certificate managed by Certificate Manager called
api-example-com, using an existing DNS authorization, run:gcloudbetacertificate-managercertificatescreateapi-example-com--dns-authorizations=api-example-com--domains="api.example.com" - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
- Certificate resource - The name of the certificate to create. The arguments inthis group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Someattributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
To set the
projectattribute:- provide the argument
certificateon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--projecton the command line; - set the property
core/project.
This must be specified.
CERTIFICATE- ID of the certificate or fully qualified identifier for the certificate.
To set the
certificateattribute:- provide the argument
certificateon the command line.
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in thisgroup are specified.
- provide the argument
--location=LOCATION- Certificate Manager location.
To set the
locationattribute:- provide the argument
certificateon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--locationon the command line; - default value of location is [global].
- provide the argument
- provide the argument
- Certificate resource - The name of the certificate to create. The arguments inthis group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Someattributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
- Configuration for creating and uploading certificates to Cloud CertificateManager.Exactly one of these must be specified:
- Configuration for uploading self-managed certificates and keys.
--certificate-file=PATH_TO_FILE- Certificate data in PEM-encoded form. Use a full or relative path to a localfile containing the value of certificate_file.
This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.
--private-key-file=PATH_TO_FILE- Private key data in PEM-encoded form. Use a full or relative path to a localfile containing the value of private_key_file.
This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.
- Configuration for creating new managed certificates.
--domains=[DOMAINS,…]- Public domain name(s) to create a certificate for.
- If a DNS authorization is provided for the domain, the certificate will bevalidated against the DNS record you added as part of the authorization flow.
- If no DNS authorization is provided, Certificate Manager will attempt tovalidate the domain against the serving endpoint directly.
You may list multiple, comma-separated domain names to include multiple names asSubject Alternative Names on the issued certificate.
This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.
- At most one of these can be specified:
--dns-authorizations=[DNS_AUTHORIZATIONS,…]- Name(s) of the DNS authorizations for each listed domain.
Note that each domain requires a matching authorization, and any domain thatfails authorization will prevent issuance and/or renewal of the certificate.
To reference multiple DNS authorizations, provide a list of comma separated DNSauthorization resource names or URLs. For example:
gcloudbetacertificate-managercertificatescreate--dns-authorizations=api-example-com,www-example-com --issuance-config=ISSUANCE_CONFIG- Name of the Certificate Issuance Config to use for issuance.
- Configuration for creating and uploading certificates to Cloud CertificateManager.Exactly one of these must be specified:
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
--async- Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--description=DESCRIPTION- Human-readable description of the resource.
--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]- List of label KEY=VALUE pairs to add.
Keys must start with a lowercase character and contain only hyphens(
-), underscores (_), lowercase characters, andnumbers. Values must contain only hyphens (-), underscores(_), lowercase characters, and numbers. --scope=SCOPE; default="DEFAULT"- Scope of the managed certificate. This determines which services the certificatecan be attached to/associated with. Defaults to
DEFAULT.SCOPEmust be one of:all-regions- Certificates with scope ALL_REGIONS are currently used for Cross-region InternalApplication Load Balancer only.
client-auth- Certificates with scope CLIENT_AUTH are used for client authentication.
default- Certificates with DEFAULT scope are used for Load Balancing and Cloud CDN.
If unsure, choose this option.
edge-cache- Certificates with scope EDGE_CACHE are special-purposed certificates, scoped foruse with Media Edge services only.
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
- These flags are available to all commands:
--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.Run
$gcloud helpfor details. - API REFERENCE
- This command uses the
certificatemanager/v1API. The fulldocumentation for this API can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/certificate-manager - NOTES
- This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. Thesevariants are also available:
gcloudcertificate-managercertificatescreategcloudalphacertificate-managercertificatescreate
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Last updated 2026-01-21 UTC.