# Certificate
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An object representing the `certificate-authority-data` for your cluster.

## Contents
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 ** data **   <a name="AmazonEKS-Type-Certificate-data"></a>
The Base64-encoded certificate data required to communicate with your cluster. Add this to the `certificate-authority-data` section of the `kubeconfig` file for your cluster.  
Type: String  
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/eks-2017-11-01/Certificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/eks-2017-11-01/Certificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/eks-2017-11-01/Certificate)