Export a certificate using API

[kevin101]

Is there any way to export a certificate using the API? I see that you can get all kinds of information about a certificate, but, I don’t see a way to export the cert, or the actual cert data, to a file, or into a variable that can be passed to another resource for use. I’m needing this for a Terraform project, and I can’t run the apply using Octopus.

[garrett.dass]

Hi @kevin101,

Welcome to the Octopus forums and thanks for the question.

You can get to the API Export by pointing at http://localhost/api/certificates/Certificates-1/export
Where Certificates-1 would be the certificate you wanted to export, you can easily check for the name here:

This export will prompt a download box in the browser.

In order to automate the save you can use a PowerShell script to Export instead, a simple example would be as follows:

$ApiKey = “API-***************”
$header = @{ “X-Octopus-ApiKey” = $APIKey }
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri “localhost/api/certificates/Certificates-1/export” -Headers $header | Out-File -FilePath “C:\Certificates\cert.pem” -Force

Please let me know if this is something you can utilize for your case.

Regards,
Garrett