Update a certificate's description

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01/06/2016

The Update a certificate's description operation updates description a specified certificate without changing other properties.

Request

To specify the request, replace <subscription-id> with your subscription ID, <cloud-service-name> with the name of the cloud service to use for making the request, <automation-account-name> with the name of the automation account to use for making the request, and <certificate-name> with the name of the certificate to update. Include required URI parameters.

Method	Request URI
PATCH	https://management.core.windows.net/<subscription-id>/cloudServices/<cloud-service-name>/resources/automation/~/automationAccounts/<automation-account-name>/cerificates/<certificate-name>?api-version=2014-12-08

URI Parameters

Parameter	Description
api-version	Required. Must be set to 2014-12-08.

Request Headers

The request headers in the following table are required.

Request Header	Description
Content-Type	Set to application/json. Do not include a specification for charset.
x-ms-version	Specifies the version of the operation. Set to 2013-06-01 or a later version.

Request Body

{
   "properties":{
      "description":"Certificate for Litware.com - 2015"
   }
}

Element	Required	Type	Description
description	No (can be an empty string)	String	A description of the certificate.

Response

Status Code

A successful operation returns 200 (OK). For information about common error codes, see HTTP/1.1 Status Code Definitions.

Response Headers

Request Header	Description
x-ms-request-id	A unique identifier for the current operation.

Response Body

{
   "name":"SSLCert-Litware.com",
   "properties":{
      "description":"Certificate for Litware.com - 2015",
      "isExportable":false,
      "thumbprint":"0735053FAEDB0F971D9111CDCCA5ACADE1E1734E",
      "expiryTime":"2017-02-25T23:54:23+00:00",
      "creationTime":"2015-04-05T19:35:56.44+00:00",
      "lastModifiedTime":"2015-04-05T19:42:49.293+00:00"
   }
}

Element	Description
name	Friendly name for the certificate.
description	Description of the certificate or additional information.
isExportable	true if the certificate can be exported; otherwise false.
thumbprint	The thumbprint of the certificate.
expriryTime	The date and time the certificate expires.
creationTime	The date and time the certificate was created.
lastmodificationTime	The date and time the certificate was last changed.

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