How to use command-line utility to manage certificates in Plesk?

Question

How to use command-line utility to manage certificates in Plesk?

Answer

The
certificate
utility allows managing client’s certificates through CLI. This utility allows performing the following tasks:

• creating and removing SSL certificates
• assigning certificates to IP addresses
• editing certain certificate parameters

For example, the following command displays the list of SSL certificates stored in administrator’s certificate repository:

# plesk bin certificate -l -admin

To displays the list of SSL certificates that can be used by domain example.com:

# plesk bin certificate -l -domain example.com


To see all available parameters, run the following:

# plesk bin certificate –help

Additional information about the utility available in the documentation for Plesk 11.x, Plesk 12.x, Plesk Onyx.

Note: on Linux systems, SSL certificates for Plesk are located in
/usr/local/psa/var/certificates/

The following resources can be useful while installing SSL certificates using web interface:

• Plesk 12.0: Plesk Documentation and Help Portal

• Plesk 12.5: Plesk Documentation and Help Portal

• Plesk Onyx: Plesk Documentation and Help Portal