SSH Certificate Authorities

Create SSH Certificate Authority

Create a new SSH Certificate Authority

Request

POST /ssh_certificate_authorities

Example Request

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Parameters

Name	Type	Description
description	string	human-readable description of this SSH Certificate Authority. optional, max 255 bytes.
metadata	string	arbitrary user-defined machine-readable data of this SSH Certificate Authority. optional, max 4096 bytes.
private_key_type	string	the type of private key to generate. one of rsa, ecdsa, ed25519
elliptic_curve	string	the type of elliptic curve to use when creating an ECDSA key
key_size	int64	the key size to use when creating an RSA key. one of 2048 or 4096

Response

Returns a 201 response on success

Example Response

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Fields

Name	Type	Description
id	string	unique identifier for this SSH Certificate Authority
uri	string	URI of the SSH Certificate Authority API resource
created_at	string	timestamp when the SSH Certificate Authority API resource was created, RFC 3339 format
description	string	human-readable description of this SSH Certificate Authority. optional, max 255 bytes.
metadata	string	arbitrary user-defined machine-readable data of this SSH Certificate Authority. optional, max 4096 bytes.
public_key	string	raw public key for this SSH Certificate Authority
key_type	string	the type of private key for this SSH Certificate Authority

Delete SSH Certificate Authority

Delete an SSH Certificate Authority

Request

DELETE /ssh_certificate_authorities/{id}

Example Request

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Response

Returns a 204 response with no body on success

Get SSH Certificate Authority

Get detailed information about an SSH Certficate Authority

Request

GET /ssh_certificate_authorities/{id}

Example Request

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Response

Returns a 200 response on success

Example Response

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Fields

Name	Type	Description
id	string	unique identifier for this SSH Certificate Authority
uri	string	URI of the SSH Certificate Authority API resource
created_at	string	timestamp when the SSH Certificate Authority API resource was created, RFC 3339 format
description	string	human-readable description of this SSH Certificate Authority. optional, max 255 bytes.
metadata	string	arbitrary user-defined machine-readable data of this SSH Certificate Authority. optional, max 4096 bytes.
public_key	string	raw public key for this SSH Certificate Authority
key_type	string	the type of private key for this SSH Certificate Authority

List SSH Certificate Authorities

List all SSH Certificate Authorities on this account

Request

GET /ssh_certificate_authorities

Example Request

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Response

Returns a 200 response on success

Example Response

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Fields

Name	Type	Description
ssh_certificate_authorities	SSHCertificateAuthority	the list of all certificate authorities on this account
uri	string	URI of the certificates authorities list API resource
next_page_uri	string	URI of the next page, or null if there is no next page

SSHCertificateAuthority fields

Name	Type	Description
id	string	unique identifier for this SSH Certificate Authority
uri	string	URI of the SSH Certificate Authority API resource
created_at	string	timestamp when the SSH Certificate Authority API resource was created, RFC 3339 format
description	string	human-readable description of this SSH Certificate Authority. optional, max 255 bytes.
metadata	string	arbitrary user-defined machine-readable data of this SSH Certificate Authority. optional, max 4096 bytes.
public_key	string	raw public key for this SSH Certificate Authority
key_type	string	the type of private key for this SSH Certificate Authority

Update SSH Certificate Authority

Update an SSH Certificate Authority

Request

PATCH /ssh_certificate_authorities/{id}

Example Request

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Parameters

Name	Type	Description
id	string
description	string	human-readable description of this SSH Certificate Authority. optional, max 255 bytes.
metadata	string	arbitrary user-defined machine-readable data of this SSH Certificate Authority. optional, max 4096 bytes.

Response

Returns a 200 response on success

Example Response

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Fields

Name	Type	Description
id	string	unique identifier for this SSH Certificate Authority
uri	string	URI of the SSH Certificate Authority API resource
created_at	string	timestamp when the SSH Certificate Authority API resource was created, RFC 3339 format
description	string	human-readable description of this SSH Certificate Authority. optional, max 255 bytes.
metadata	string	arbitrary user-defined machine-readable data of this SSH Certificate Authority. optional, max 4096 bytes.
public_key	string	raw public key for this SSH Certificate Authority
key_type	string	the type of private key for this SSH Certificate Authority