List certificate authorities

This page explains how you can list the certificate authorities (CAs) in a Google Cloud project.

List root CAs

This section shows how to view the root CAs.

List root CAs across CA pools

To list all the root CAs across CA pools, do the following:

Console

In the Google Cloud console, go to the Certificate Authority Service page.

Go to Certificate Authority Service
Click the CA manager tab to go to the Certificate authorities page.
In the Filter field, select Type in the list.
Set the value of Type as Root.

All CAs with Type set as Root are listed.

gcloud

Run the following command:

gcloud privateca roots list --location LOCATION

Replace LOCATION with the location of the root CAs. For the complete list of locations, see Locations.

List root CAs in a particular CA pool

To list all the root CAs in a particular CA pool, use the following instructions:

Console

Go to the Certificate Authority Service page.

Go to Certificate Authority Service
Click the CA manager tab to go to the Certificate authorities page.
In the Filter field, select Type in the list.
Set the value of Type as Root.
In the Filter field, select Pool in the list.
Click the name of the CA pool in the list.

gcloud

Run the following command:

gcloud privateca roots list --location LOCATION --pool POOL_ID

Replace the following:

LOCATION: The location of the CA pool. For the complete list of locations, see Locations.
POOL_ID: The name of the CA pool.

To list root CAs across all CA pools and locations, omit the --pool and --location flags from the command.

For more information about the gcloud privateca roots list command, see gcloud privateca roots list.

List subordinate CAs

This section shows how to view the subordinate CAs.

List subordinate CAs across CA pools

To list all the subordinate CAs across CA pools, do the following:

Console

Go to the Certificate Authority Service page.

Go to Certificate Authority Service
Click the CA manager tab to go to the Certificate authorities page.
In the Filter field, select Type in the list.
Set the value of Type as Subordinate.

All CAs with Type set as Subordinate are listed.

gcloud

Run the following command:

gcloud privateca subordinates list --location LOCATION

Replace LOCATION with the location of the subordinate CAs. For the complete list of locations, see Locations.

List subordinate CAs in a particular CA pool

To list all the subordinate CAs in a particular CA pool, do the following:

Console

Go to the Certificate Authority Service page.

Go to Certificate Authority Service
Click the CA manager tab to go to the Certificate authorities page.
In the Filter field, select Type in the list.
Set the value of Type as Subordinate.
In the Filter field, select Pool in the list.
Click the name of the CA pool in the list.

gcloud

Run the following command:

gcloud privateca subordinates list --location LOCATION --pool POOL_ID

Replace the following:

LOCATION: The location of the CA pool. For the complete list of locations, see Locations.
POOL_ID: The name of the CA pool.

For more information about the gcloud privateca subordinates list command, see gcloud privateca subordinates list.

List all CAs

To list all the CAs in a CA pool, use the following instructions:

Console

Go to the Certificate Authority Service page.

Go to Certificate Authority Service
Click the CA manager tab to go to the Certificate authorities page.
In the Filter field, select Pool in the list.
Click the name of the CA pool in the list.

Alternatively, you can view the CAs in a particular CA pool from the CA pool manager page by doing the following:

Click the CA pool manager tab.
On the CA pools page, click the name of the CA pool whose CAs you want to view.

On the CA pool details page, you can see the CAs listed under Certificate authorities in pool. You can filter the CAs based on type, tier, location, state, and more.

Go

To authenticate to CA Service, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	privateca "cloud.google.com/go/security/privateca/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/security/privateca/apiv1/privatecapb"
	"google.golang.org/api/iterator"
)

// List all Certificate Authorities present in the given CA Pool.
func listCas(w io.Writer, projectId string, location string, caPoolId string) error {
	// projectId := "your_project_id"
	// location := "us-central1"	// For a list of locations, see: https://cloud.google.com/certificate-authority-service/docs/locations.
	// caPoolId := "ca-pool-id"		// The id of the CA pool under which the CAs to be listed are present.

	ctx := context.Background()
	caClient, err := privateca.NewCertificateAuthorityClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("NewCertificateAuthorityClient creation failed: %w", err)
	}
	defer caClient.Close()

	fullCaPoolName := fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/caPools/%s", projectId, location, caPoolId)

	// Create the ListCertificateAuthorities.
	// See https://pkg.go.dev/cloud.google.com/go/security/privateca/apiv1/privatecapb#ListCertificateAuthoritiesRequest.
	req := &privatecapb.ListCertificateAuthoritiesRequest{Parent: fullCaPoolName}

	it := caClient.ListCertificateAuthorities(ctx, req)
	for {
		resp, err := it.Next()
		if err == iterator.Done {
			break
		}
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("unable to get the list of cerficate authorities: %w", err)
		}

		fmt.Fprintf(w, " - %s (state: %s)", resp.Name, resp.State.String())
	}

	return nil
}

Java

To authenticate to CA Service, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.


import com.google.cloud.security.privateca.v1.CaPoolName;
import com.google.cloud.security.privateca.v1.CertificateAuthority;
import com.google.cloud.security.privateca.v1.CertificateAuthorityServiceClient;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ListCertificateAuthorities {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    // location: For a list of locations, see:
    // https://cloud.google.com/certificate-authority-service/docs/locations
    // poolId: The id of the CA pool under which the CAs to be listed are present.
    String project = "your-project-id";
    String location = "ca-location";
    String poolId = "ca-pool-id";
    listCertificateAuthority(project, location, poolId);
  }

  // List all Certificate authorities present in the given CA Pool.
  public static void listCertificateAuthority(String project, String location, String poolId)
      throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the `certificateAuthorityServiceClient.close()` method on the client to safely
    // clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (CertificateAuthorityServiceClient certificateAuthorityServiceClient =
        CertificateAuthorityServiceClient.create()) {

      // Create CA pool name comprising of project, location and the pool name.
      CaPoolName parent =
          CaPoolName.newBuilder()
              .setProject(project)
              .setLocation(location)
              .setCaPool(poolId)
              .build();

      // List the CA name and its corresponding state.
      for (CertificateAuthority certificateAuthority :
          certificateAuthorityServiceClient.listCertificateAuthorities(parent).iterateAll()) {
        System.out.println(
            certificateAuthority.getName() + " is " + certificateAuthority.getState());
      }
    }
  }
}

Python

To authenticate to CA Service, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import google.cloud.security.privateca_v1 as privateca_v1


def list_certificate_authorities(
    project_id: str, location: str, ca_pool_name: str
) -> None:
    """
    List all Certificate authorities present in the given CA Pool.

    Args:
        project_id: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to use.
        location: location you want to use. For a list of locations, see: https://cloud.google.com/certificate-authority-service/docs/locations.
        ca_pool_name: the name of the CA pool under which the CAs to be listed are present.
    """

    caServiceClient = privateca_v1.CertificateAuthorityServiceClient()

    ca_pool_path = caServiceClient.ca_pool_path(project_id, location, ca_pool_name)

    # List the CA name and its corresponding state.
    for ca in caServiceClient.list_certificate_authorities(parent=ca_pool_path):
        print(ca.name, "is", ca.state)

What's next

Learn how to delete CAs.