Certificate Installations

Operations related to Certificate Installations

📄️ Retrieve certificate instance data matching search criteria

Use this endpoint to retrieve certificate instance data according to specified search criteria based on commonly used field search parameters. Some examples are `signatureHashAlgorithm`, `validityEnd`, and `issuerCN`. For more information, see [common search parameters](https://docs.venafi.cloud/api/about-api-search-fields/#common-search-parameters)

📄️ Retrieve Certificate Instances

Use this endpoint allows you to retrieve certificate instances according to specified criteria. Total certificate instances are the sum of the number of certificate installations, plus the total number of certificates that have no installations. Trusted CA certificates are not counted. For more information, see [certificate instances](https://docs.venafi.cloud/CSH_view_instances).

📄️ Retrieve certificate instance via id

This endpoint retrieves a certificate instance using the **id** parameter to match a specified value.

📄️ Submit certificates for validation

This endpoint allows you to submit one or more certificate instances for validation using the **instanceIds** parameter. Why is certificate validation important? Because security, compliance, and technological innovations introduce new criteria for the validation of certificates and the servers that host them, Venafi as a Service uses validation techniques to ensure that your certificates remain valid and are being used properly.