Backup-DbaComputerCertificate

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Synopsis

Backs up a computer certificate - useful for older systems and backing up remote certs to local disk.

Description

Backs up a computer certificate - useful for older systems and backing up remote certs to local disk.

Syntax

Backup-DbaComputerCertificate
    [[-SecurePassword] <SecureString>]
    [-InputObject] <Object[]>
    [[-Path] <String>]
    [[-FilePath] <String>]
    [[-Type] <String>]
    [-EnableException]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Examples

Example: 1

PS C:\> Get-DbaComputerCertificate | Backup-DbaComputerCertificate -Path C:\temp

Backs up all certs to C:\temp. Auto-names the files.

Example: 2

PS C:\> Get-DbaComputerCertificate -Thumbprint 29C469578D6C6211076A09CEE5C5797EEA0C2713 | Backup-DbaComputerCertificate -FilePath C:\temp\29C469578D6C6211076A09CEE5C5797EEA0C2713.cer

Backs up certificate with the thumbprint 29C469578D6C6211076A09CEE5C5797EEA0C2713 to the temp directory.

Required Parameters

-InputObject

The target certificate object. Accepts input from Get-DbaComputerCertificate.

Optional Parameters

-SecurePassword

Export using a password

-Path

Export to a directory

-FilePath

Export to a specific file name

-Type

Export type. Options include: Authenticode, Cert, Pfx, Pkcs12, Pkcs7, SerializedCert.

-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.