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Deleting a certificate

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Deleting a certificate - AWS Certificate Manager

The following example shows how to use the DeleteCertificate function. If successful, the function returns an empty set {}.

package com.amazonaws.samples; import com.amazonaws.services.certificatemanager.AWSCertificateManagerClientBuilder; import com.amazonaws.services.certificatemanager.AWSCertificateManager; import com.amazonaws.services.certificatemanager.model.DeleteCertificateRequest; import com.amazonaws.services.certificatemanager.model.DeleteCertificateResult; import com.amazonaws.auth.profile.ProfileCredentialsProvider; import com.amazonaws.auth.AWSStaticCredentialsProvider; import com.amazonaws.auth.AWSCredentials; import com.amazonaws.regions.Regions; import com.amazonaws.services.certificatemanager.model.InvalidArnException; import com.amazonaws.services.certificatemanager.model.ResourceInUseException; import com.amazonaws.services.certificatemanager.model.ResourceNotFoundException; import com.amazonaws.AmazonClientException; /** * This sample demonstrates how to use the DeleteCertificate function in the AWS Certificate * Manager service. * * Input parameter: * CertificateArn - The ARN of the certificate to delete. * */ public class AWSCertificateManagerExample { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{ // Retrieve your credentials from the C:\Users\name\.aws\credentials file in Windows // or the ~/.aws/credentials file in Linux. AWSCredentials credentials = null; try { credentials = new ProfileCredentialsProvider().getCredentials(); } catch (Exception ex) { throw new AmazonClientException("Cannot load the credentials from file.", ex); } // Create a client. AWSCertificateManager client = AWSCertificateManagerClientBuilder.standard() .withRegion(Regions.US_EAST_1) .withCredentials(new AWSStaticCredentialsProvider(credentials)) .build(); // Create a request object and specify the ARN of the certificate to delete. DeleteCertificateRequest req = new DeleteCertificateRequest(); req.setCertificateArn("arn:aws:acm:region:account:certificate/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012"); // Delete the specified certificate. DeleteCertificateResult result = null; try { result = client.deleteCertificate(req); } catch (InvalidArnException ex) { throw ex; } catch (ResourceInUseException ex) { throw ex; } catch (ResourceNotFoundException ex) { throw ex; } // Display the result. System.out.println(result); } }
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