# CACertificateDescription
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Describes a CA certificate.

## Contents
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 ** autoRegistrationStatus **   <a name="iot-Type-CACertificateDescription-autoRegistrationStatus"></a>
Whether the CA certificate configured for auto registration of device certificates. Valid values are "ENABLE" and "DISABLE"  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `ENABLE | DISABLE`   
Required: No

 ** certificateArn **   <a name="iot-Type-CACertificateDescription-certificateArn"></a>
The CA certificate ARN.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** certificateId **   <a name="iot-Type-CACertificateDescription-certificateId"></a>
The CA certificate ID.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Fixed length of 64.  
Pattern: `(0x)?[a-fA-F0-9]+`   
Required: No

 ** certificateMode **   <a name="iot-Type-CACertificateDescription-certificateMode"></a>
The mode of the CA.   
All the device certificates that are registered using this CA will be registered in the same mode as the CA. For more information about certificate mode for device certificates, see [certificate mode](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/apireference/API_CertificateDescription.html#iot-Type-CertificateDescription-certificateMode).  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `DEFAULT | SNI_ONLY`   
Required: No

 ** certificatePem **   <a name="iot-Type-CACertificateDescription-certificatePem"></a>
The CA certificate data, in PEM format.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 65536.  
Pattern: `[\s\S]*`   
Required: No

 ** creationDate **   <a name="iot-Type-CACertificateDescription-creationDate"></a>
The date the CA certificate was created.  
Type: Timestamp  
Required: No

 ** customerVersion **   <a name="iot-Type-CACertificateDescription-customerVersion"></a>
The customer version of the CA certificate.  
Type: Integer  
Valid Range: Minimum value of 1.  
Required: No

 ** generationId **   <a name="iot-Type-CACertificateDescription-generationId"></a>
The generation ID of the CA certificate.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** lastModifiedDate **   <a name="iot-Type-CACertificateDescription-lastModifiedDate"></a>
The date the CA certificate was last modified.  
Type: Timestamp  
Required: No

 ** ownedBy **   <a name="iot-Type-CACertificateDescription-ownedBy"></a>
The owner of the CA certificate.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Fixed length of 12.  
Pattern: `[0-9]+`   
Required: No

 ** status **   <a name="iot-Type-CACertificateDescription-status"></a>
The status of a CA certificate.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `ACTIVE | INACTIVE`   
Required: No

 ** validity **   <a name="iot-Type-CACertificateDescription-validity"></a>
When the CA certificate is valid.  
Type: [CertificateValidity](API_CertificateValidity.md) object  
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/iot-2015-05-28/CACertificateDescription) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/iot-2015-05-28/CACertificateDescription) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/iot-2015-05-28/CACertificateDescription)