Veeam Connection API
The Connection section defines a path and operation for retrieving a TLS certificate or SSH fingerprint used to establish a secure connection between the backup server and the specified server.
The Connection section defines a path and operation for retrieving a TLS certificate or SSH fingerprint used to establish a secure connection between the backup server and the specified server.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
version: 1.0-rev0
title: Veeam Backup for AWS public API 1.0 Agents Connection API
description: The Agents section defines paths and operations for managing recovery tokens used for bare metal recovery.
servers:
- url: https://localhost:9419
description: Base URL declared by the provider in apis.yml (roadmap#122).
security:
- Bearer: []
tags:
- description: The Connection section defines a path and operation for retrieving a TLS certificate or SSH fingerprint used to establish a secure connection between the backup server and the specified server.
name: Connection
paths:
/api/v1/connectionCertificate:
post:
description: The HTTP POST request to the `/api/v1/connectionCertificate` path allows you to get a TLS certificate or SSH fingerprint of the specified host.
operationId: GetConnectionCertificate
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/apiVersionParam'
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
example:
credentialsId: 3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6
port: 443
serverName: vcenter01.tech.local
type: ViHost
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/HostConnectionSpec'
required: true
responses:
'201':
content:
application/json:
example:
certificate:
keyAlgorithm: RSA-PKCS1-KeyEx
thumbprint: 1FFB549DC6C6CFF4DA8923F3E640F88925D11704
validBy: '2025-08-15T18:27:45+02:00'
issuedBy: CA
issuedTo: vcenter01.tech.local
keySize: '2048'
serialNumber: 00CE2401CE350B143C
subject: C=US, CN=vcenter01.tech.local
validFrom: '2015-08-21T18:28:05+02:00'
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ConnectionCertificateModel'
description: OK
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
summary: Request TLS Certificate or SSH Fingerprint
tags:
- Connection
x-veeam-authorize:
claims:
- CheckCertificate
components:
parameters:
apiVersionParam:
description: Version and revision of the client REST API. Must be in the following format: `<version>-<revision>`.
in: header
name: x-api-version
required: true
schema:
default: 1.1-rev0
type: string
schemas:
CertificateModel:
description: Certificate settings.
properties:
issuedBy:
description: Issuer of the certificate.
type: string
issuedTo:
description: Acquirer of the certificate.
type: string
keyAlgorithm:
description: Key algorithm of the certificate.
type: string
keySize:
description: Key size of the certificate.
type: string
serialNumber:
description: Serial number of the certificate.
type: string
subject:
description: Subject of the certificate.
type: string
thumbprint:
description: Thumbprint of the certificate.
type: string
validBy:
description: Expiration date and time of the certificate.
format: date-time
type: string
validFrom:
description: Date and time the certificate is valid from.
format: date-time
type: string
required:
- issuedBy
- issuedTo
- keyAlgorithm
- keySize
- serialNumber
- subject
- thumbprint
- validBy
- validFrom
type: object
ConnectionCertificateModel:
properties:
certificate:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CertificateModel'
fingerprint:
description: SSH key fingerprint used to verify the server identity.
type: string
type: object
EManagedServerType:
description: Type of the server.
enum:
- WindowsHost
- LinuxHost
- ViHost
type: string
HostConnectionSpec:
properties:
credentialsId:
description: ID of a credentials record used to connect to the server.
format: uuid
type: string
port:
description: Port used to communicate with the server.
type: integer
serverName:
description: Full DNS name or IP address of the server.
type: string
type:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/EManagedServerType'
required:
- serverName
- credentialsId
- type
type: object
Error:
properties:
errorCode:
description: The error code is a string that uniquely identifies an error condition and should be understood by programs that detect and handle errors by type
enum:
- AccessDenied
- ExpiredToken
- InvalidToken
- InvalidURI
- MethodNotAllowed
- NotFound
- NotImplemented
- ServiceUnavailable
- UnexpectedContent
- UnknownError
type: string
message:
description: The error message contains a generic description of the error condition in English. It is intended for a human audience
type: string
resourceId:
description: ID of the object that is involved in the error (or empty)
type: string
required:
- errorCode
- message
type: object
responses:
Unauthorized:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
description: Unauthorized. The authorization header has been expected but not found (or found but is expired).
BadRequest:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
description: Bad request. This error is related to POST/PUT requests. The request body is malformed, incomplete or otherwise invalid.
InternalServerError:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
description: Internal server error. The request has been received but could not be completed because of an internal error at the server side.
Forbidden:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
description: Forbidden. The user sending the request does not have adequate privileges to access one or more objects specified in the request.
securitySchemes:
Bearer:
name: Authorization
in: header
type: apiKey
description: Bearer \<JWT\>