---
title: "Create a new SNI"
method: POST
path: "/snis"
tags: ["SNIs"]
---

# Create a new SNI

`POST /snis`

Create a new SNI

## Request body

- SNI — An SNI object represents a many-to-one mapping of hostnames to a certificate. That is, a certificate object can have many hostnames associated with it; when Kong receives an SSL request, it uses the SNI field in the Client Hello to lookup the certificate object based on the SNI associated with the certificate.
  - `certificate` object, required — The id (a UUID) of the certificate with which to associate the SNI hostname. The Certificate must have a valid private key associated with it to be used by the SNI object.
    - `id` string
  - `created_at` integer, nullable — Unix epoch when the resource was created.
  - `id` string, nullable
  - `name` string, required — The SNI name to associate with the given certificate.
  - `tags` string[] — An optional set of strings associated with the SNIs for grouping and filtering.
  - `updated_at` integer, nullable — Unix epoch when the resource was last updated.

## Response `201`

Successfully created SNI

- SNI — An SNI object represents a many-to-one mapping of hostnames to a certificate. That is, a certificate object can have many hostnames associated with it; when Kong receives an SSL request, it uses the SNI field in the Client Hello to lookup the certificate object based on the SNI associated with the certificate.
  - `certificate` object, required — The id (a UUID) of the certificate with which to associate the SNI hostname. The Certificate must have a valid private key associated with it to be used by the SNI object.
    - `id` string
  - `created_at` integer, nullable — Unix epoch when the resource was created.
  - `id` string, nullable
  - `name` string, required — The SNI name to associate with the given certificate.
  - `tags` string[] — An optional set of strings associated with the SNIs for grouping and filtering.
  - `updated_at` integer, nullable — Unix epoch when the resource was last updated.

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized

## Changes

> 7 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2025-04-04** `e07a25288f1f` — 2 breaking, 6 info
  - the response property `created_at` became nullable for the status `201`
  - the response property `updated_at` became nullable for the status `201`
  - the request optional property `created_at` became not read-only
  - the request optional property `updated_at` became not read-only
  - …4 more
- **2024-11-26** `99e71588eb61` — 4 breaking, 1 warning, 9 info
  - added the new required request property `certificate`
  - added the new required request property `name`
  - the request's body type changed from no type to `object`
  - the response's body type changed from no type to `object` for status `201`
  - …10 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/kong/apis/kong-enterprise-admin-api/changes/snis/post.md)

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