Amazon IoT Device Defender

Amazon IoT Device Defender Certificate API

The Certificate API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 2 operation(s) for certificate.

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Business capability

Identity & Access Management BC-620.20

Operations 2

POST /certificate/register Amazon IoT Device Defender Register Certificate #

POST /certificate/register-no-ca Amazon IoT Device Defender Register Certificate Without C a #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 2015-05-28
  x-release: v4
  title: AWS IoT Certificate API
  description: 'IoT

    IoT provides secure, bi-directional communication between Internet-connected devices (such as sensors, actuators, embedded devices, or smart appliances) and the Amazon Web Services cloud.'
  x-logo:
    url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/cache/logo/https_twitter.com_awscloud_profile_image.png
    backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF'
  termsOfService: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
  contact:
    name: Mike Ralphson
    email: mike.ralphson@gmail.com
    url: https://github.com/mermade/aws2openapi
    x-twitter: PermittedSoc
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0 License
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/
  x-providerName: amazonaws.com
  x-serviceName: iot
  x-aws-signingName: iot
  x-origin:
  - contentType: application/json
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aws/aws-sdk-js/master/apis/iot-2015-05-28.normal.json
    converter:
      url: https://github.com/mermade/aws2openapi
      version: 1.0.0
    x-apisguru-driver: external
  x-apiClientRegistration:
    url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/gp/aws/developer/registration/index.html?nc2=h_ct
  x-apisguru-categories:
  - cloud
  x-preferred: true
servers:
- url: http://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com
  variables:
    region:
      description: The AWS region
      enum:
      - us-east-1
      - us-east-2
      - us-west-1
      - us-west-2
      - us-gov-west-1
      - us-gov-east-1
      - ca-central-1
      - eu-north-1
      - eu-west-1
      - eu-west-2
      - eu-west-3
      - eu-central-1
      - eu-south-1
      - af-south-1
      - ap-northeast-1
      - ap-northeast-2
      - ap-northeast-3
      - ap-southeast-1
      - ap-southeast-2
      - ap-east-1
      - ap-south-1
      - sa-east-1
      - me-south-1
      default: us-east-1
  description: The AWS IoT multi-region endpoint
- url: https://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com
  variables:
    region:
      description: The AWS region
      enum:
      - us-east-1
      - us-east-2
      - us-west-1
      - us-west-2
      - us-gov-west-1
      - us-gov-east-1
      - ca-central-1
      - eu-north-1
      - eu-west-1
      - eu-west-2
      - eu-west-3
      - eu-central-1
      - eu-south-1
      - af-south-1
      - ap-northeast-1
      - ap-northeast-2
      - ap-northeast-3
      - ap-southeast-1
      - ap-southeast-2
      - ap-east-1
      - ap-south-1
      - sa-east-1
      - me-south-1
      default: us-east-1
  description: The AWS IoT multi-region endpoint
- url: http://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn
  variables:
    region:
      description: The AWS region
      enum:
      - cn-north-1
      - cn-northwest-1
      default: cn-north-1
  description: The AWS IoT endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
- url: https://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn
  variables:
    region:
      description: The AWS region
      enum:
      - cn-north-1
      - cn-northwest-1
      default: cn-north-1
  description: The AWS IoT endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
security:
- hmac: []
tags:
- name: Certificate
paths:
  /certificate/register:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Content-Sha256'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Date'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Algorithm'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Credential'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Security-Token'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Signature'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-SignedHeaders'
    post:
      operationId: RegisterCertificate
      description: 'Registers a device certificate with IoT in the same certificate mode as the signing CA. If you have more than one CA certificate that has the same subject field, you must specify the CA certificate that was used to sign the device certificate being registered.


        Requires permission to access the RegisterCertificate action.'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RegisterCertificateResponse'
        '480':
          description: ResourceAlreadyExistsException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceAlreadyExistsException'
        '481':
          description: InvalidRequestException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidRequestException'
        '482':
          description: CertificateValidationException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CertificateValidationException'
        '483':
          description: CertificateStateException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CertificateStateException'
        '484':
          description: CertificateConflictException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CertificateConflictException'
        '485':
          description: ThrottlingException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThrottlingException'
        '486':
          description: UnauthorizedException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedException'
        '487':
          description: ServiceUnavailableException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableException'
        '488':
          description: InternalFailureException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalFailureException'
      parameters:
      - name: setAsActive
        in: query
        required: false
        description: '<p>A boolean value that specifies if the certificate is set to active.</p> <p>Valid values: <code>ACTIVE | INACTIVE</code> </p>'
        schema:
          type: boolean
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - certificatePem
              properties:
                certificatePem:
                  description: The PEM of a certificate.
                  type: string
                  pattern: '[\s\S]*'
                  minLength: 1
                  maxLength: 65536
                caCertificatePem:
                  description: The PEM of a certificate.
                  type: string
                  pattern: '[\s\S]*'
                  minLength: 1
                  maxLength: 65536
                status:
                  description: The status of the register certificate request. Valid values that you can use include <code>ACTIVE</code>, <code>INACTIVE</code>, and <code>REVOKED</code>.
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - ACTIVE
                  - INACTIVE
                  - REVOKED
                  - PENDING_TRANSFER
                  - REGISTER_INACTIVE
                  - PENDING_ACTIVATION
      summary: Amazon IoT Device Defender Register Certificate
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      tags:
      - Certificate
  /certificate/register-no-ca:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Content-Sha256'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Date'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Algorithm'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Credential'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Security-Token'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Signature'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-SignedHeaders'
    post:
      operationId: RegisterCertificateWithoutCA
      description: Register a certificate that does not have a certificate authority (CA). For supported certificates, consult Certificate signing algorithms supported by IoT.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RegisterCertificateWithoutCAResponse'
        '480':
          description: ResourceAlreadyExistsException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceAlreadyExistsException'
        '481':
          description: InvalidRequestException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidRequestException'
        '482':
          description: CertificateStateException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CertificateStateException'
        '483':
          description: CertificateValidationException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CertificateValidationException'
        '484':
          description: ThrottlingException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThrottlingException'
        '485':
          description: UnauthorizedException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedException'
        '486':
          description: ServiceUnavailableException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableException'
        '487':
          description: InternalFailureException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalFailureException'
      parameters: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - certificatePem
              properties:
                certificatePem:
                  description: The PEM of a certificate.
                  type: string
                  pattern: '[\s\S]*'
                  minLength: 1
                  maxLength: 65536
                status:
                  description: The status of the register certificate request.
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - ACTIVE
                  - INACTIVE
                  - REVOKED
                  - PENDING_TRANSFER
                  - REGISTER_INACTIVE
                  - PENDING_ACTIVATION
      summary: Amazon IoT Device Defender Register Certificate Without C a
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      tags:
      - Certificate
components:
  parameters:
    X-Amz-Signature:
      name: X-Amz-Signature
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-SignedHeaders:
      name: X-Amz-SignedHeaders
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-Algorithm:
      name: X-Amz-Algorithm
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-Credential:
      name: X-Amz-Credential
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-Security-Token:
      name: X-Amz-Security-Token
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-Content-Sha256:
      name: X-Amz-Content-Sha256
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-Date:
      name: X-Amz-Date
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
  schemas:
    ThrottlingException: {}
    CertificateId:
      type: string
      pattern: (0x)?[a-fA-F0-9]+
      minLength: 64
      maxLength: 64
    ServiceUnavailableException: {}
    RegisterCertificateWithoutCAResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        certificateArn:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CertificateArn'
          - description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the registered certificate.
        certificateId:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CertificateId'
          - description: The ID of the registered certificate. (The last part of the certificate ARN contains the certificate ID.
    InternalFailureException: {}
    UnauthorizedException: {}
    RegisterCertificateResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        certificateArn:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CertificateArn'
          - description: The certificate ARN.
        certificateId:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CertificateId'
          - description: The certificate identifier.
      description: The output from the RegisterCertificate operation.
    InvalidRequestException: {}
    CertificateArn:
      type: string
    CertificateValidationException: {}
    CertificateConflictException: {}
    ResourceAlreadyExistsException: {}
    CertificateStateException: {}
  securitySchemes:
    hmac:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
      description: Amazon Signature authorization v4
      x-amazon-apigateway-authtype: awsSigv4
externalDocs:
  description: Amazon Web Services documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/
x-hasEquivalentPaths: true