---
title: "POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.DataBoxEdge/dataBoxEdgeDevices/{deviceName}/generateCertificate"
method: POST
path: "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.DataBoxEdge/dataBoxEdgeDevices/{deviceName}/generateCertificate"
tags: ["Devices"]
---

# POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.DataBoxEdge/dataBoxEdgeDevices/{deviceName}/generateCertificate

`POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.DataBoxEdge/dataBoxEdgeDevices/{deviceName}/generateCertificate`

Generates certificate for activation key.

## Path parameters

- `deviceName` string, required
- `subscriptionId` string, required
- `resourceGroupName` string, required

## Query parameters

- `api-version` string, required

## Response `200`

Successfully generated self signed certificate.

- GenerateCertResponse — Used in activation key generation flow.
  - `publicKey` string — Gets or sets base64 encoded certificate raw data, this is the public part needed to be uploaded to cert vault
  - `privateKey` string — Gets or sets base64 encoded private part of the certificate, needed to form the activation key
  - `expiryTimeInUTC` string — Gets or sets expiry time in UTC

## Other responses

- `default` — Error response describing why the operation failed.

## Changes

- **2026-07-13** (2019-03-01) `0ab925cce842` — 3 warning, 2 info
  - deleted the `path` request parameter `resourceGroupName`
  - deleted the `path` request parameter `subscriptionId`
  - deleted the `query` request parameter `api-version`
  - api tag `DataBoxEdgeDevices` added
  - …1 more
- **2026-07-13** (2019-03-01) `ed63986139b1` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/databoxedge-microsoft-databoxedge-databoxedge/changes/subscriptions/:subscriptionId/resourceGroups/:resourceGroupName/providers/Microsoft.DataBoxEdge/dataBoxEdgeDevices/:deviceName/generateCertificate/post.md)

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