# Certificate
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A certificate authority (CA) certificate for an AWS account.

## Contents
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**Note**  
In the following list, the required parameters are described first.

 ** CertificateArn **   
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the certificate.  
Example: `arn:aws:rds:us-east-1::cert:rds-ca-2019`   
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** CertificateIdentifier **   
The unique key that identifies a certificate.  
Example: `rds-ca-2019`   
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** CertificateType **   
The type of the certificate.  
Example: `CA`   
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** Thumbprint **   
The thumbprint of the certificate.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** ValidFrom **   
The starting date-time from which the certificate is valid.  
Example: `2019-07-31T17:57:09Z`   
Type: Timestamp  
Required: No

 ** ValidTill **   
The date-time after which the certificate is no longer valid.  
Example: `2024-07-31T17:57:09Z`   
Type: Timestamp  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/docdb-2014-10-31/Certificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/docdb-2014-10-31/Certificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/docdb-2014-10-31/Certificate)