Create One X.509 Certificate for One Database User

POST /api/atlas/v1.0/groups/{groupId}/databaseUsers/{username}/certs

Generates one X.509 certificate for the specified MongoDB user. Atlas manages the certificate and MongoDB user that belong to one project. To use this resource, the requesting Service Account or API Key must have the Project Owner role.

To get MongoDB Cloud to generate a managed certificate for a database user, set "x509Type" : "MANAGED" on the desired MongoDB Database User.

If you are managing your own Certificate Authority (CA) in Self-Managed X.509 mode, you must generate certificates for database users using your own CA.

Self-Managed X509

Path parameters

  • groupId string Required

    Unique 24-hexadecimal digit string that identifies your project. Use the /groups endpoint to retrieve all projects to which the authenticated user has access.

    NOTE: Groups and projects are synonymous terms. Your group id is the same as your project id. For existing groups, your group/project id remains the same. The resource and corresponding endpoints use the term groups.

    Format should match the following pattern: ^([a-f0-9]{24})$.

  • username string Required

    Human-readable label that represents the MongoDB database user account for whom to create a certificate.

Query parameters

  • envelope boolean

    Flag that indicates whether Application wraps the response in an envelope JSON object. Some API clients cannot access the HTTP response headers or status code. To remediate this, set envelope=true in the query. Endpoints that return a list of results use the results object as an envelope. Application adds the status parameter to the response body.

    Default value is false.

  • pretty boolean

    Flag that indicates whether the response body should be in the prettyprint format.

    Default value is false.

    Prettyprint
application/json

Body Required

Generates one X.509 certificate for the specified MongoDB user.

  • monthsUntilExpiration integer(int32)

    Number of months that the certificate remains valid until it expires.

    Maximum value is 24. Default value is 3.

Responses

  • 201 application/json

    This endpoint returns a PEM file with the certificate and private key.

    PEM file that contains the user's X.509 certificate and private key.

  • 400 application/json

    Bad Request.

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      Bad request detail.

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        Describes all violations in a client request.

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          A description of why the request element is bad.

        • field string Required

          A path that leads to a field in the request body.

    • detail string

      Describes the specific conditions or reasons that cause each type of error.

    • error integer(int32) Required

      HTTP status code returned with this error.

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      Application error code returned with this error.

    • parameters array[object]

      Parameters used to give more information about the error.

    • reason string

      Application error message returned with this error.

  • 401 application/json

    Unauthorized.

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      Bad request detail.

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        • field string Required

          A path that leads to a field in the request body.

    • detail string

      Describes the specific conditions or reasons that cause each type of error.

    • error integer(int32) Required

      HTTP status code returned with this error.

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      Application error code returned with this error.

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      Parameters used to give more information about the error.

    • reason string

      Application error message returned with this error.

  • 403 application/json

    Forbidden.

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    • detail string

      Describes the specific conditions or reasons that cause each type of error.

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      HTTP status code returned with this error.

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      Application error code returned with this error.

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      Parameters used to give more information about the error.

    • reason string

      Application error message returned with this error.

  • 404 application/json

    Not Found.

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        • description string Required

          A description of why the request element is bad.

        • field string Required

          A path that leads to a field in the request body.

    • detail string

      Describes the specific conditions or reasons that cause each type of error.

    • error integer(int32) Required

      HTTP status code returned with this error.

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    • errorCode string Required

      Application error code returned with this error.

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      Parameters used to give more information about the error.

    • reason string

      Application error message returned with this error.

  • 409 application/json

    Conflict.

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        • description string Required

          A description of why the request element is bad.

        • field string Required

          A path that leads to a field in the request body.

    • detail string

      Describes the specific conditions or reasons that cause each type of error.

    • error integer(int32) Required

      HTTP status code returned with this error.

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    • errorCode string Required

      Application error code returned with this error.

    • parameters array[object]

      Parameters used to give more information about the error.

    • reason string

      Application error message returned with this error.

  • 500 application/json

    Internal Server Error.

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      Bad request detail.

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        Describes all violations in a client request.

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        • description string Required

          A description of why the request element is bad.

        • field string Required

          A path that leads to a field in the request body.

    • detail string

      Describes the specific conditions or reasons that cause each type of error.

    • error integer(int32) Required

      HTTP status code returned with this error.

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    • errorCode string Required

      Application error code returned with this error.

    • parameters array[object]

      Parameters used to give more information about the error.

    • reason string

      Application error message returned with this error.

POST /api/atlas/v1.0/groups/{groupId}/databaseUsers/{username}/certs
curl \ --request POST 'https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/32b6e34b3d91647abb20e7b8/databaseUsers/{username}/certs' \ --header "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{"monthsUntilExpiration":3}'
Request examples
{ "monthsUntilExpiration": 3 }
Response examples (201)
string
Response examples (400)
{ "error": 400, "detail": "(This is just an example, the exception may not be related to this endpoint) No provider AWS exists.", "reason": "Bad Request", "errorCode": "VALIDATION_ERROR" }
Response examples (401)
{ "error": 401, "detail": "(This is just an example, the exception may not be related to this endpoint)", "reason": "Unauthorized", "errorCode": "NOT_ORG_GROUP_CREATOR" }
Response examples (403)
{ "error": 403, "detail": "(This is just an example, the exception may not be related to this endpoint)", "reason": "Forbidden", "errorCode": "CANNOT_CHANGE_GROUP_NAME" }
Response examples (404)
{ "error": 404, "detail": "(This is just an example, the exception may not be related to this endpoint) Cannot find resource AWS", "reason": "Not Found", "errorCode": "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND" }
Response examples (409)
{ "error": 409, "detail": "(This is just an example, the exception may not be related to this endpoint) Cannot delete organization link while there is active migration in following project ids: 60c4fd418ebe251047c50554", "reason": "Conflict", "errorCode": "CANNOT_DELETE_ORG_ACTIVE_LIVE_MIGRATION_ATLAS_ORG_LINK" }
Response examples (500)
{ "error": 500, "detail": "(This is just an example, the exception may not be related to this endpoint)", "reason": "Internal Server Error", "errorCode": "UNEXPECTED_ERROR" }