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Revoke a client certificate

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Revoke a client certificate - AWS IoT Core
Revoke a client certificate (console)Revoke a client certificate (CLI)

If you detect suspicious activity on a registered client certificate, you can revoke it so that it can't be used again.

Note

Once a certificate is revoked, it's status can't be changed. That is, the certificate status can't be changed to Active or any other status.

Revoke a client certificate (console)

To revoke a client certificate using the AWS IoT console

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS IoT console.

  2. In the left navigation pane, choose Secure, choose Certificates.

  3. In the list of certificates, locate the certificate that you want to revoke, and open the option menu by using the ellipsis icon.

  4. In the option menu, choose Revoke.

If the certificate was successfully revoked, it will show as Revoked in the list of certificates.

Revoke a client certificate (CLI)

The AWS CLI provides the update-certificate command to revoke a certificate.

aws iot update-certificate \
    --certificate-id certificateId \
    --new-status REVOKED

If the command was successful, the certificate's status will be REVOKED. Run describe-certificate to see the certificate's status.

aws iot describe-certificate \
    --certificate-id certificateId

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Related resources

AWS IoT Core API Reference
AWS CLI commands for AWS IoT Core
SDKs & Tools 

Related resources

AWS IoT Core API Reference
AWS CLI commands for AWS IoT Core
SDKs & Tools 
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