Create a CA pool

Create a new CA pool in the specified project and zone.

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• Create a CA pool

Code sample

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"
)

// Create a Certificate Authority pool. All certificates created under this CA pool will
// follow the same issuance policy, IAM policies, etc.
func createCaPool(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"		// A unique id/name for the ca pool.

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

	caPool := &privatecapb.CaPool{
		// Set the tier (see: https://cloud.google.com/certificate-authority-service/docs/tiers).
		Tier: privatecapb.CaPool_ENTERPRISE,
	}

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

	// See https://pkg.go.dev/cloud.google.com/go/security/privateca/apiv1/privatecapb#CreateCaPoolRequest.
	req := &privatecapb.CreateCaPoolRequest{
		Parent:   locationPath,
		CaPoolId: caPoolId,
		CaPool:   caPool,
	}

	op, err := caClient.CreateCaPool(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("CreateCaPool failed: %w", err)
	}

	if _, err = op.Wait(ctx); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("CreateCaPool failed during wait: %w", err)
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "CA Pool created")

	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.api.core.ApiFuture;
import com.google.cloud.security.privateca.v1.CaPool;
import com.google.cloud.security.privateca.v1.CaPool.IssuancePolicy;
import com.google.cloud.security.privateca.v1.CaPool.Tier;
import com.google.cloud.security.privateca.v1.CertificateAuthorityServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.security.privateca.v1.CertificateIdentityConstraints;
import com.google.cloud.security.privateca.v1.CreateCaPoolRequest;
import com.google.cloud.security.privateca.v1.LocationName;
import com.google.longrunning.Operation;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;

public class CreateCaPool {

  public static void main(String[] args)
      throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, 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: Set a unique poolId for the CA pool.
    String project = "your-project-id";
    String location = "ca-location";
    String poolId = "ca-pool-id";
    createCaPool(project, location, poolId);
  }

  // Create a Certificate Authority Pool. All certificates created under this CA pool will
  // follow the same issuance policy, IAM policies,etc.,
  public static void createCaPool(String project, String location, String poolId)
      throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, 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()) {

      IssuancePolicy issuancePolicy = IssuancePolicy.newBuilder()
          .setIdentityConstraints(CertificateIdentityConstraints.newBuilder()
              .setAllowSubjectPassthrough(true)
              .setAllowSubjectAltNamesPassthrough(true)
              .build())
          .build();

      /* Create the pool request
        Set Parent which denotes the project id and location.
        Set the Tier (see: https://cloud.google.com/certificate-authority-service/docs/tiers).
      */
      CreateCaPoolRequest caPoolRequest =
          CreateCaPoolRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(LocationName.of(project, location).toString())
              .setCaPoolId(poolId)
              .setCaPool(
                  CaPool.newBuilder()
                      .setIssuancePolicy(issuancePolicy)
                      .setTier(Tier.ENTERPRISE)
                      .build())
              .build();

      // Create the CA pool.
      ApiFuture<Operation> futureCall =
          certificateAuthorityServiceClient.createCaPoolCallable().futureCall(caPoolRequest);
      Operation response = futureCall.get();

      if (response.hasError()) {
        System.out.println("Error while creating CA pool !" + response.getError());
        return;
      }

      System.out.println("CA pool created successfully: " + poolId);
    }
  }
}

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 create_ca_pool(project_id: str, location: str, ca_pool_name: str) -> None:
    """
    Create a Certificate Authority pool. All certificates created under this CA pool will
    follow the same issuance policy, IAM policies,etc.,

    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: a unique name for the ca pool.
    """

    caServiceClient = privateca_v1.CertificateAuthorityServiceClient()

    ca_pool = privateca_v1.CaPool(
        # Set the tier (see: https://cloud.google.com/certificate-authority-service/docs/tiers).
        tier=privateca_v1.CaPool.Tier.ENTERPRISE,
    )
    location_path = caServiceClient.common_location_path(project_id, location)

    # Create the pool request.
    request = privateca_v1.CreateCaPoolRequest(
        parent=location_path,
        ca_pool_id=ca_pool_name,
        ca_pool=ca_pool,
    )

    # Create the CA pool.
    operation = caServiceClient.create_ca_pool(request=request)

    print("Operation result:", operation.result())

Terraform

To learn how to apply or remove a Terraform configuration, see Basic Terraform commands. For more information, see the Terraform provider reference documentation.

resource "google_privateca_ca_pool" "default" {
  name     = "ca-pool"
  location = "us-central1"
  tier     = "ENTERPRISE"
  publishing_options {
    publish_ca_cert = true
    publish_crl     = true
  }
  labels = {
    foo = "bar"
  }
}

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