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SSL

SSL Certificate Management

Create private key

This function generates a private key.

Important:

You cannot call both the keytype and keysize parameters in a single call.
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get/SSL/generate_key

Query parameters

friendly_namestring

Example:TestKey

A friendly name for the new key.

This parameter defaults to the key's type, creation date, and creation time.

keysizeinteger

Example:2048

The key's modulus size.

Note:

Use the keytype parameter.

keytype'system' | 'rsa-2048' | 'rsa-4096' | 'ecdsa-prime256v1' | 'ecdsa-secp384r1'

Example:rsa-2048

The key's type.

system — The system's default value.
rsa-2048 — 2,408-bit RSA.
rsa-4096 — 4,096-bit RSA.
ecdsa-prime256v1 — ECDSA prime256v1 ("P-256").
ecdsa-secp384r1 — ECDSA secp384r1 ("P-384").

This parameter defaults to the user's default SSL/TLS key type.

Note:

If you do not use this parameter, the system defaults to the keysize parameter's default value.

Response

HTTP Request was successful.

apiversioninteger

The version of the API.

funcstring

The name of the method called.

modulestring

The name of the module called.

Example response

{
  "apiversion": 3,
  "func": "generate_key",
  "module": "SSL",
  "result": {
    "data": {
      "created": 1601467200,
      "ecdsa_curve_name": "prime256v1",
      "friendly_name": "TestKey",
      "id": "example_com_a74f7_9dddf_1446659822_eae1ff43c4ec1991e195877c55755eff",
      "key_algorithm": "rsaEncryption",
      "modulus": "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",
      "modulus_length": 2048,
      "text": "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIEowIBAAKCAQEAyeiHvMuJuVk8ZEY6wMzUS1g0eWaHaIWmIRe+Qrn6SwiRrm1p\npsJCiGPPPQGOSg4FzrMXqE0zsi/Tk3hUO/EEsi7CcZe8cUanjlUeXhiwrb86FCMF\nOb9siRHQvlss7VCg8ZGXXTWZgf5yD3A1xPwdayYwF2Tc7GkNcZGUAI58geuYaq+U\nGiLczRGZep1IQ0b1cZnqDvGMx6AS6hiDqLISjnmXYY2OhG6Uyp+SuinjYzLPJ6eO\nN/7i9qqbcGmt0ssddmhR897+bTEom5SlSuyi03KZ9Rn4ZmNJgOsup9MclSBGxBys\nb6MuuM3N0/tF5QuwmDc8H6h2rNBP9vGV7RTTXQIDAQABAoIBAFS/WVoRRLmbjxG3\nuKl8UA9f8oaSVnu0vUpeoOl5Dmm4Kw2/tvzbxPlii3Xb1VGYGS/tVBy8atp74J6h\nfxm5zHLN1afAPMR/F41ShPCSBHapMUOKf4MBqhjOdYOw2Way1RsQNSxWdxxtJIr+\nWlNYTzDOUpk/KMvCPHZS2IBzTidpcFpDQ3pyDXjOoKJJH0EQWPtvxJNGrFqmU29D\n9WBqQemHnDrzg3s7JzQ5cGpbbCE+QX8IckNkslAkyhm771CtqWdeo+c45e6YfGcx\nKuAy1zGSVzQBuitzYoMUOL5olXLEj8fHzXd/cZP4yCyyabcGz2vi6luxF+28l1OL\nG1axyLECgYEA+bD5B+Y/Dp5hZ/uVR1bbvyraQpwbDesS1zgnJ53KOIl926dnWzIt\nUvM46+c9IF+UJrtzwIB6IvjAQioNFrK36bHgNGzNf9WQ54NN172qveaFLdW34z/i\nGR2ix/efm9OC41QREQ/5IKV07TibCwVazVBWascMPkH7FnguTvTCiosCgYEAzwJ+\nGPlIWjK+sqkK5JMUyuH43qAvgVfkZV906JpNRQH0Mob3bC0nXN95EoTwWXk68ULT\no1GHv9XLbj8e+Ok7kpJQZT5vEZnDN+cy3jdTLCvcjU5Q3ToImOTp9isSAFWRTbtk\nyabLNoIIsTR/ZwwPFTZcRiK2d8k7ZhcRKdfGnrcCgYAPZ06FoTukoDqsGoYkB4S4\n72DVmSHGIwlfg5ROylouULUV9ubWZmsLYfvR+cr4k0zlcsz6RDLEs4nQyx1RmCbm\nYNXPBiNLTpaI4b3MoGPHIVB3+mZEu60sFXr0UR9kkpDRi18eKVkaHXrwI3zVGjh2\n0Az0u2DS+mkOAs4AivLxbwKBgQC0XPqbLc+Bb0dCCREJmLD8GCkrZ6wcaQUB4krN\nQ2vhnVM0Fu5K3Yi3XapynUuA2aSmgtA9MxMw7MkjlHGa9DPIgBz2KZDCaBN0iMeE\nX/XivZCbucmxBxhohsLmjh5QFj3U2Vp2bBIQuvlx1EjQ8uvNUqDRJvuOoNFVIPH+\nYBeZPwKBgA//kXfNtNMHOpch699i3rgTzbRFDmGwsr1otzvJsXw7Pr2bM4WIzUJy\nG2SUSUlQRSZK4+BBKT9S0d7TynJD6X/6R7IBotZbfXs1myYxEsKj89/BQmr47x2h\nHjYVCClNoJlsbd5C2yu1R3PikweWGoVaxE3c+AN5knqjwJ0g21Cf\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----"
    },
    "status": 1
  }
}