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Class Certificate (3.18.0)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [3.18.0 (latest)](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [3.17.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/3.17.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [3.16.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/3.16.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [3.15.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/3.15.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [3.14.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/3.14.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [3.13.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/3.13.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [3.12.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/3.12.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [3.11.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/3.11.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [3.10.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/3.10.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [3.9.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/3.9.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [3.8.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/3.8.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [3.7.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/3.7.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [3.6.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/3.6.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [3.5.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/3.5.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [3.4.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/3.4.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [3.3.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/3.3.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [3.2.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/3.2.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [3.1.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/3.1.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [3.0.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/3.0.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [2.9.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/2.9.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [2.8.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/2.8.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [2.7.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/2.7.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [2.6.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/2.6.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [2.5.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/2.5.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [2.4.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/2.4.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [2.3.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/2.3.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate)\n- [2.2.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/2.2.0/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate) \n\n public sealed class Certificate : IMessage\u003cCertificate\u003e, IEquatable\u003cCertificate\u003e, IDeepCloneable\u003cCertificate\u003e, IBufferMessage, IMessage\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the Google Cloud Key Management Service v1 API class Certificate.\n\nA \\[Certificate\\]\\[google.cloud.kms.v1.Certificate\\] represents an X.509\ncertificate used to authenticate HTTPS connections to EKM replicas. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e Certificate \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[Certificate](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[Certificate](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[Certificate](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1.Certificate), [IBufferMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IBufferMessage.html), [IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage.html) \n\nInherited Members\n-----------------\n\n[object.GetHashCode()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode) \n[object.GetType()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gettype) \n[object.ToString()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring)\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\n[Google.Cloud.Kms.V1](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Kms.V1)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.Kms.V1.dll\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### Certificate()\n\n public Certificate()\n\n### Certificate(Certificate)\n\n public Certificate(Certificate other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### Issuer\n\n public string Issuer { get; set; }\n\nOutput only. The issuer distinguished name in RFC 2253 format. Only present\nif \\[parsed\\]\\[google.cloud.kms.v1.Certificate.parsed\\] is true.\n\n### NotAfterTime\n\n public Timestamp NotAfterTime { get; set; }\n\nOutput only. The certificate is not valid after this time. Only present if\n\\[parsed\\]\\[google.cloud.kms.v1.Certificate.parsed\\] is true.\n\n### NotBeforeTime\n\n public Timestamp NotBeforeTime { get; set; }\n\nOutput only. The certificate is not valid before this time. Only present if\n\\[parsed\\]\\[google.cloud.kms.v1.Certificate.parsed\\] is true.\n\n### Parsed\n\n public bool Parsed { get; set; }\n\nOutput only. True if the certificate was parsed successfully.\n\n### RawDer\n\n public ByteString RawDer { get; set; }\n\nRequired. The raw certificate bytes in DER format.\n\n### SerialNumber\n\n public string SerialNumber { get; set; }\n\nOutput only. The certificate serial number as a hex string. Only present if\n\\[parsed\\]\\[google.cloud.kms.v1.Certificate.parsed\\] is true.\n\n### Sha256Fingerprint\n\n public string Sha256Fingerprint { get; set; }\n\nOutput only. The SHA-256 certificate fingerprint as a hex string. Only\npresent if \\[parsed\\]\\[google.cloud.kms.v1.Certificate.parsed\\] is true.\n\n### Subject\n\n public string Subject { get; set; }\n\nOutput only. The subject distinguished name in RFC 2253 format. Only\npresent if \\[parsed\\]\\[google.cloud.kms.v1.Certificate.parsed\\] is true.\n\n### SubjectAlternativeDnsNames\n\n public RepeatedField\u003cstring\u003e SubjectAlternativeDnsNames { get; }\n\nOutput only. The subject Alternative DNS names. Only present if\n\\[parsed\\]\\[google.cloud.kms.v1.Certificate.parsed\\] is true."]]