---
title: "GetCertificateChain"
slug: "security-certificatemanager-getcertificatechain"
updated: 2026-10-08T04:19:14Z
published: 2026-10-08T04:19:14Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/security-certificatemanager-getcertificatechain"
---

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# GetCertificateChain

Available in Classic and VPC

Get PEM-format certificates and chains.

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| GET | /api/v2/certificate/exportCertificate/{certificateNo}/chain |

### Request headers

For information about the request headers common to all Certificate Manager APIs, see [Certificate Manager request headers](/docs/en/security-certificatemanager#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request path parameters

You can use the following path parameters with your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `certificateNo` | Integer | Required | Certificate number |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request GET 'https://certificatemanager.apigw.ntruss.com/api/v2/certificate/exportCertificate/12345/chain' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'accept: application/json'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response body

The response body includes the following data:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `returnCode` | String | - | Response code |
| `returnMessage` | String | - | Response message |
| `totalRows` | Integer | - | Total number of lists searched |
| `subjectCommonName` | String | - | Certificate common name (CN) |
| `certificate` | String | - | Certificate's PEM format |
| `subCaCertificate` | String | - | SubCA certificate's PEM format |
| `rootCaCertificate` | String | - | RootCA certificate's PEM format |

### Response status codes

For information about the response status codes common to all Certificate Manager APIs, see [Certificate Manager response status codes](/docs/en/security-certificatemanager#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The response example is as follows:

```
{
    "returnCode": "0",
    "returnMessage": "Success",
    "totalRows": 0,
    "subjectCommonName": "ncloud.com",
    "certificate": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\r\nMIIGfDCCBW ... k+ivSYiD+I6FIg=\r\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----",
    "subCaCertificate": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\r\nMIIFkzCCA3 ... JmVUsylyFd\r\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----",
    "rootCaCertificate": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\r\nMIIFojCCA4 ... uul\r\n9XXeifdy\r\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----"
}
```