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# AWS::Lightsail::Certificate
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The `AWS::Lightsail::Certificate` resource specifies an SSL/TLS certificate that you can use with a content delivery network (CDN) distribution and a container service.

**Note**  
For information about certificates that you can use with a load balancer, see [AWS::Lightsail::LoadBalancerTlsCertificate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-lightsail-loadbalancertlscertificate.html).

## Syntax
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To declare this entity in your CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

### JSON
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```
{
  "Type" : "AWS::Lightsail::Certificate",
  "Properties" : {
      "[CertificateName](#cfn-lightsail-certificate-certificatename)" : String,
      "[DomainName](#cfn-lightsail-certificate-domainname)" : String,
      "[SubjectAlternativeNames](#cfn-lightsail-certificate-subjectalternativenames)" : [ String, ... ],
      "[Tags](#cfn-lightsail-certificate-tags)" : [ Tag, ... ]
    }
}
```

### YAML
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```
Type: AWS::Lightsail::Certificate
Properties:
  [CertificateName](#cfn-lightsail-certificate-certificatename): String
  [DomainName](#cfn-lightsail-certificate-domainname): String
  [SubjectAlternativeNames](#cfn-lightsail-certificate-subjectalternativenames): 
    - String
  [Tags](#cfn-lightsail-certificate-tags): 
    - Tag
```

## Properties
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`CertificateName`  <a name="cfn-lightsail-certificate-certificatename"></a>
The name of the certificate.  
*Required*: Yes  
*Type*: String  
*Update requires*: [Replacement](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-replacement)

`DomainName`  <a name="cfn-lightsail-certificate-domainname"></a>
The domain name of the certificate.  
*Required*: Yes  
*Type*: String  
*Update requires*: Updates are not supported.

`SubjectAlternativeNames`  <a name="cfn-lightsail-certificate-subjectalternativenames"></a>
An array of strings that specify the alternate domains (such as `example.org`) and subdomains (such as `blog.example.com`) of the certificate.   
*Required*: No  
*Type*: Array of String  
*Update requires*: Updates are not supported.

`Tags`  <a name="cfn-lightsail-certificate-tags"></a>
An array of key-value pairs to apply to this resource.  
For more information, see [Tag](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-properties-resource-tags.html) in the *AWS CloudFormation User Guide*.  
The `Value` of `Tags` is optional for Lightsail resources.
*Required*: No  
*Type*: Array of [Tag](aws-properties-lightsail-certificate-tag.md)  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

## Return values
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### Ref
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When you pass the logical ID of this resource to the intrinsic `Ref` function, `Ref` returns a unique identifier for this resource.

### Fn::GetAtt
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The `Fn::GetAtt` intrinsic function returns a value for a specified attribute of this type. The following are the available attributes and sample return values.

For more information about using the `Fn::GetAtt` intrinsic function, see [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/intrinsic-function-reference-getatt.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/intrinsic-function-reference-getatt.html).

#### 
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`CertificateArn`  <a name="CertificateArn-fn::getatt"></a>
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the certificate.

`Status`  <a name="Status-fn::getatt"></a>
The validation status of the certificate.