**To get information about a certificate** The following ``describe-certificate`` example displays the details for the specified certificate. :: aws iot describe-certificate \ --certificate-id "4f0ba725787aa94d67d2fca420eca022242532e8b3c58e7465c7778b443fd65e" Output:: { "certificateDescription": { "certificateArn": "arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:cert/4f0ba725787aa94d67d2fca420eca022242532e8b3c58e7465c7778b443fd65e", "certificateId": "4f0ba725787aa94d67d2fca420eca022242532e8b3c58e7465c7778b443fd65e", "status": "ACTIVE", "certificatePem": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIICiTEXAMPLEQD6m7oRw0uXOjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADCBiDELMAkGA1UEBhMC VVMxCzAJBgNVBEXAMPLEMRAwDgYDVQQHEwdTZWF0dGxlMQ8wDQYDVQQKEwZBbWF6 b24xFDASBgNVBAsTC0lBTSBDEXAMPLElMRIwEAYDVQQDEwlUZXN0Q2lsYWMxHzAd BgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWEG5vb25lQGFtYXpvbi5EXAMPLEcNMTEwNDI1MjA0NTIxWhcN MTIwNDI0MjA0NTIxWjCBiDELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxCzAJBgNEXAMPLEdBMRAwDgYD VQQHEwdTZWF0dGxlMQ8wDQYDVQQKEwZBbWF6b24xFDASBgNVBAsTC0lBEXAMPLEz b2xEXAMPLEYDVQQDEwlUZXN0Q2lsYWMxHzAdBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWEG5vb25lQGFt YXpvbi5jb20wgZ8EXAMPLEZIhvcNAQEBBQADgY0AMIGJAoGBAMaK0dn+a4GmWIWJ 21uUSfwfEvySWtC2XADZ4nB+BLYEXAMPLEpiwsZ3G93vUEIO3IyNoH/f0wYK8m9T rDHudUZg3qX4waLG5M43q7Wgc/MbQITxOUSQv7c7EXAMPLEGBzZswY6786m86gpE Ibb3OhjZnzcvQAaRHhdlQWIMm2nrAgMBAAEwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFEXAMPLEAtCu4 nUhVVxYUnEXAMPLE8Mg9q6q+auNKyExzyLwaxlAoo7TJHidbtS4J5iNmZgXL0Fkb FFBjvSfpJIlJ00zbhNYS5f6GEXAMPLEl0ZxBHjJnyp378OD8uTs7fLvjx79LjSTb NYiytVbZPQUQ5Yaxu2jXnimvw3rrszlaEXAMPLE= -----END CERTIFICATE-----", "ownedBy": "123456789012", "creationDate": 1541022751.983, "lastModifiedDate": 1541022751.983, "customerVersion": 1, "transferData": {}, "generationId": "6974fbed-2e61-4114-bc5e-4204cc79b045", "validity": { "notBefore": 1541022631.0, "notAfter": 2524607999.0 } } } For more information, see `DescribeCertificate `__ in the *AWS IoT API Reference*.