Get a short-lived certificate CA

GET/{accounts_or_zones}/{account_or_zone_id}/access/apps/{app_id}/ca

Fetches a short-lived certificate CA and its public key.

Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194

Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

Access: Apps and Policies WriteAccess: Apps and Policies Read

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

app_id: string

UUID.

maxLength36

account_id: optional string

The Account ID to use for this endpoint. Mutually exclusive with the Zone ID.

zone_id: optional string

The Zone ID to use for this endpoint. Mutually exclusive with the Account ID.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

errors: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

messages: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

success: true

Whether the API call was successful.

result: optional CA { id, aud, public_key }

id: optional string

The ID of the CA.

maxLength48

aud: optional string

The Application Audience (AUD) tag. Identifies the application associated with the CA.

maxLength64

public_key: optional string

The public key to add to your SSH server configuration.

Get a short-lived certificate CA

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/$ACCOUNTS_OR_ZONES/$ACCOUNT_OR_ZONE_ID/access/apps/$APP_ID/ca \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "id": "7eddae4619b50ab1361ba8ae9bd72269a432fea041529ed9",
    "aud": "737646a56ab1df6ec9bddc7e5ca84eaf3b0768850f3ffb5d74f1534911fe3893",
    "public_key": "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx= open-ssh-ca@cloudflareaccess.org"
  }
}

Returns Examples

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "id": "7eddae4619b50ab1361ba8ae9bd72269a432fea041529ed9",
    "aud": "737646a56ab1df6ec9bddc7e5ca84eaf3b0768850f3ffb5d74f1534911fe3893",
    "public_key": "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx= open-ssh-ca@cloudflareaccess.org"
  }
}