Get-DbaDbCertificate

Want to see the source code for this command? Check out Get-DbaDbCertificate on GitHub.
Want to see the Bill Of Health for this command? Check out Get-DbaDbCertificate.

Synopsis

Gets database certificates

Description

Gets database certificates

Syntax

Get-DbaDbCertificate
    [[-SqlInstance] <DbaInstanceParameter[]>]
    [[-SqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
    [[-Database] <String[]>]
    [[-ExcludeDatabase] <String[]>]
    [[-Certificate] <Object[]>]
    [[-Subject] <String[]>]
    [[-InputObject] <Database[]>]
    [-EnableException]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Examples

Example: 1

PS C:\> Get-DbaDbCertificate -SqlInstance sql2016

Gets all certificates

Example: 2

PS C:\> Get-DbaDbCertificate -SqlInstance Server1 -Database db1

Gets the certificate for the db1 database

Example: 3

PS C:\> Get-DbaDbCertificate -SqlInstance Server1 -Database db1 -Certificate cert1

Gets the cert1 certificate within the db1 database

Example: 4

PS C:\> Get-DbaDbCertificate -SqlInstance Server1 -Database db1 -Subject 'Availability Group Cert'

Gets the certificate within the db1 database that has the subject 'Availability Group Cert'

Optional Parameters

-SqlInstance

The target SQL Server instance

-SqlCredential

Login to the target instance using alternative credentials. Accepts PowerShell credentials (Get-Credential).
Windows Authentication, SQL Server Authentication, Active Directory - Password, and Active Directory - Integrated are all supported.
For MFA support, please use Connect-DbaInstance.

-Database

Get certificate from specific database

-ExcludeDatabase

Database(s) to ignore when retrieving certificates

-Certificate

Get specific certificate by name

-Subject

Get specific certificate by subject

-InputObject

Enables piping from Get-DbaDatabase

-EnableException

By default, when something goes wrong we try to catch it, interpret it and give you a friendly warning message.
This avoids overwhelming you with "sea of red" exceptions, but is inconvenient because it basically disables advanced scripting.
Using this switch turns this "nice by default" feature off and enables you to catch exceptions with your own try/catch.