Getting a Certificate's Details

View certificate details to learn more about a certificate.

Viewing certificate details can help you understand the current overall state of a certificate and help you decide what to do with the certificate.

  • On the Certificates list page, select the certificate that you want to work with. If you need help finding the list page or the certificate, see Listing Certificates.

    The certificate's details page opens. The details page contains the following information:

    • OCID: The unique, Oracle-assigned ID of the certificate.
    • Compartment: The name of the compartment that contains the certificate.
    • Key Algorithm: The encryption algorithm of the certificate key pair.
    • Certificate Profile Type: The certificate profile that you used to create the certificate, which indicates its use.
    • Certificate Type: The certificate type, which indicates how it was issued.
    • Created: The date and time when you initially created the certificate.
    • Date of Expiry of Current Version: The date and time when the version marked as the current version is no longer valid.
    • Issuer Certificate Authority: The name of the certificate authority (CA) that issued the certificate.
  • Use the oci certs-mgmt certificate get command and required parameters to view a certificate's details:

    oci certs-mgmt certificate get --certificate-id <certificate_OCID> [OPTIONS]

    For example:

    oci certs-mgmt certificate get --certificate-id ocid1.certificate.oc1.<region>.<unique_ID>

    For a complete list of flags and variable options for CLI commands, see the CLI Command Reference.

  • Run the GetCertificate operation to view a certificate's details.