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Create Certificate Authority

POST
/vault/v1/workspaces/{workspace}/engines/qibdo/certificateAuthorities
 
curl --request POST \
  --url https://example.com/vault/v1/workspaces/example/engines/qibdo/certificateAuthorities \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{ "name": "example", "type": "CERTIFICATE_AUTHORITY_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED", "parent_ca_id": "example", "algorithm": "example", "subject": "example", "valid_from": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z", "valid_until": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z", "crl_endpoint": "example", "ocsp_responder_url": "example", "tags": [ { "key": "example", "value": "example", "type": "VAULT_TAG_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED", "description": "example" } ] }'

Provisions a new Root or Intermediate CA inside the workspace’s PKI mount. Returns a long-running operation whose payload references the resulting QibdoCertificateAuthority.

Parameters

Section titled “ Parameters ”

Path Parameters

Section titled “Path Parameters ”
workspace
required
string

The workspace the CA will be created under.

Query Parameters

Section titled “Query Parameters ”
ttl

Represents a a duration between -315,576,000,000s and 315,576,000,000s (around 10000 years). Precision is in nanoseconds. 1 nanosecond is represented as 0.000000001s

string
/^-?(?:0|[1-9][0-9]{0,11})(?:\.[0-9]{1,9})?s$/

Initial validity duration for the CA. The engine will derive valid_until from this when materialising the CA — valid_from defaults to the engine’s current time.

location_id
string

Optional weak reference to a topology Location where the CA resides. Defaults to the global location when omitted; immutable after creation. Only the global location is available in this release.

Request Body required

Section titled “Request Body required ”
Media type application/json

QibdoCertificateAuthority — workspace-scoped certificate authority backed by the vault’s PKI engine. CAs form a hierarchical trust chain: a ROOT CA is self-signed, and one or more INTERMEDIATE CAs may chain off it. The CA’s private key is held by the vault; only metadata is persisted in the relational database.

object
id

The unique identifier of the certificate authority (UUID).

stringOutput only
workspace_id

The workspace this CA belongs to (UUID, weak reference to taxonomy).

stringOutput only
name

Human-readable name unique within the workspace.

string
type

Topology of the CA — ROOT or INTERMEDIATE.

string format: enum
Allowed values: CERTIFICATE_AUTHORITY_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED CERTIFICATE_AUTHORITY_TYPE_ROOT CERTIFICATE_AUTHORITY_TYPE_INTERMEDIATE
parent_ca_id

Parent CA id when this is an INTERMEDIATE; empty for ROOT.

string
algorithm

Signing algorithm — must match vault.crypto_algorithms.

string
subject

X.509 subject Distinguished Name.

string
valid_from

Notbefore timestamp (CA validity start).

string format: date-time
valid_until

Notafter timestamp (CA validity end).

string format: date-time
crl_endpoint

Optional CRL distribution point URL published by this CA.

string
ocsp_responder_url

Optional OCSP responder URL published by this CA.

string
tags

Tag entries used for organisation and policy matching.

Array<object>

Vault Tag

A key-value pair used to label and categorize vault resources such as secrets, crypto keys, leases, certificate authorities, certificates, and access policies.

object
key
required

Tag Key

Tag key (1–63 chars, lowercase letters/digits/dashes/underscores).

string
value
required

Tag Value

Tag value (free-form, up to 255 chars).

string
type

Tag Type

Whether the tag is system-managed or user-defined.

string format: enum
Allowed values: VAULT_TAG_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED VAULT_TAG_TYPE_SYSTEM VAULT_TAG_TYPE_USER
description

Tag Description

Optional description.

string
is_revoked

Whether the CA itself has been revoked. Once true, the CA can issue no further certificates and existing certs SHOULD be rotated.

booleanOutput only
mount_path

Vault PKI mount path where this CA is materialised (e.g., “workspaces/{workspace}/pki/{name}/”).

stringOutput only
created

Timestamp when the CA was created (server-managed).

string format: date-time Output only
updated

Timestamp when the CA metadata was last modified (server-managed).

string format: date-time Output only
location_id

Weak reference to a topology Location — where this resource resides. Defaults to the global location when omitted at creation and is immutable thereafter. Only the global location is available in this release.

stringOutput only

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

200

Section titled “200 ”

OK

Media type application/json

Vault Operation

Tracks the result of a vault command (secret, crypto key, lease, certificate authority, certificate, access policy, or vault-level lifecycle action).

object
id

Operation ID

Unique identifier of the operation.

stringOutput only
workspace_id

Workspace ID

The workspace in whose namespace the operation was executed.

stringOutput only
resource_id

Resource ID

ID of the affected resource (nullable for vault-level lifecycle ops such as snapshot).

stringOutput only
resource_type

Resource Type

URN of the affected resource type (e.g., “com.qibdo.cloud.vault:secret”).

stringOutput only
operation_type

Operation Type

The action performed (CREATE, ROTATE, REVOKE, ENCRYPT, …).

stringOutput only
status

Status

The operation status (PENDING, RUNNING, DONE, FAILED).

stringOutput only
insert_time

Insert Time

When the operation was created.

string format: date-time Output only
start_time

Start Time

When execution started (nullable).

string format: date-time Output only
end_time

End Time

When execution completed (nullable).

string format: date-time Output only
progress

Progress

Progress percentage (0–100).

integer format: int32 Output only
warnings

Warnings

Non-fatal notices emitted during the operation.

Array<object>Output only

Vault Warning

A non-fatal notice emitted by a vault operation. The operation still completed; the warning surfaces unsupported features or capability gaps in the underlying engine.

Warning codes follow the S_SSS_EEE convention:

  • Millions digit: service (9 = vault)
  • Thousands: group
  • Units: specific warning
object
code

Warning Code

Numeric identifier of the warning type.

integer format: uint32 Output only
description

Description

Human-readable explanation of what was ignored or degraded.

stringOutput only
Example generated
{}

default

Section titled “default ”

Default error response

Media type application/json

The Status type defines a logical error model that is suitable for different programming environments, including REST APIs and RPC APIs. It is used by gRPC. Each Status message contains three pieces of data: error code, error message, and error details. You can find out more about this error model and how to work with it in the API Design Guide.

object
code

The status code, which should be an enum value of [google.rpc.Code][google.rpc.Code].

integer format: int32
message

A developer-facing error message, which should be in English. Any user-facing error message should be localized and sent in the [google.rpc.Status.details][google.rpc.Status.details] field, or localized by the client.

string
details

A list of messages that carry the error details. There is a common set of message types for APIs to use.

Array<object>

Contains an arbitrary serialized message along with a @type that describes the type of the serialized message.

object
@type

The type of the serialized message.

string
key
additional properties
any
Example generated
{
  "code": 1,
  "message": "example",
  "details": [
    {
      "@type": "example"
    }
  ]
}