Certificate.Create Method (String, CertificateSourceType, String, String)

Creates a certificate on the database that has the specified certificate source type.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub Create ( _
    certificateSource As String, _
    sourceType As CertificateSourceType, _
    privateKeyPath As String, _
    privateKeyDecryptionPassword As String _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As Certificate 
Dim certificateSource As String 
Dim sourceType As CertificateSourceType 
Dim privateKeyPath As String 
Dim privateKeyDecryptionPassword As String

instance.Create(certificateSource, sourceType, _
    privateKeyPath, privateKeyDecryptionPassword)

public void Create(
    string certificateSource,
    CertificateSourceType sourceType,
    string privateKeyPath,
    string privateKeyDecryptionPassword
)

public:
void Create(
    String^ certificateSource, 
    CertificateSourceType sourceType, 
    String^ privateKeyPath, 
    String^ privateKeyDecryptionPassword
)

member Create : 
        certificateSource:string * 
        sourceType:CertificateSourceType * 
        privateKeyPath:string * 
        privateKeyDecryptionPassword:string -> unit

public function Create(
    certificateSource : String, 
    sourceType : CertificateSourceType, 
    privateKeyPath : String, 
    privateKeyDecryptionPassword : String
)

Parameters

• certificateSource
  Type: System.String
  A String value that specifies the source of the certificate.

• sourceType
  Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.CertificateSourceType
  A CertificateSourceType object value that specifies the certificate source type.

• privateKeyPath
  Type: System.String
  A String value that specifies the system path for the private key.

• privateKeyDecryptionPassword
  Type: System.String
  A String value that specifies the password used for decryption of the private key.

Examples

Using Encryption

See Also

Reference

Certificate Class

Create Overload

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Encryption Hierarchy

CREATE CERTIFICATE (Transact-SQL)