Export-Certificate
Exports a certificate from a certificate store into a file.
Export-Certificate
[-Type <CertType>]
[-NoClobber]
[-Force]
-FilePath <String>
-Cert <Certificate>
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]
The Export-Certificate cmdlet exports a certificate from a certificate store to a file. The private key is not included in the export. If more than one certificate is being exported, then the default file format is SST. Otherwise, the default format is CERT. Use the Type parameter to change the file format.
PS C:\>$cert = Get-ChildItem -Path cert:\CurrentUser\My\EEDEF61D4FF6EDBAAD538BB08CCAADDC3EE28FF
PS C:\>Export-Certificate -Cert $cert -FilePath c:\certs\user.sst -Type SST
This example exports a certificate to the file system as a Microsoft serialized certificate store without its private key.
PS C:\>$cert = Get-ChildItem -Path cert:\CurrentUser\My\EEDEF61D4FF6EDBAAD538BB08CCAADDC3EE28FF
PS C:\>Export-Certificate -Cert $cert -FilePath c:\certs\user.cer
This example exports a certificate to the file system as a DER-encoded .cer
file without its private key.
PS C:\>$cert = Get-ChildItem -Path cert:\CurrentUser\My\EEDEF61D4FF6EDBAAD538BB08CCAADDC3EE28FF
PS C:\>Export-Certificate -Cert $cert -FilePath c:\certs\user.p7b -Type p7b
This example exports a certificate to the file system as a PKCS#7-formatted .p7b file without its private key.
PS C:\>Get-ChildItem -Path cert:\CurrentUser\my | Export-Certificate -FilePath c:\certs\allcerts.sst -Type SST
This example exports all certificates under CurrentUser\my store into a Microsoft serialized certificate store allcerts.sst.
Specifies one or more certificates to be exported to a file. A single certificate object, an array of certificate objects, or a path to one or more certificates in a certificate store can be specified.
Type: | Certificate |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Aliases: | cf |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | False |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Specifies the location where the exported certificate will be stored.
Type: | String |
Aliases: | FullName |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Specifies that the exported certificate file will overwrite an existing certificate file, even if it has the Read-only attribute set. The NoClobber parameter takes precedence over this parameter when both are used.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Prevents an exported certificate file from overwriting an existing certificate file. This parameter takes precedence over the Force parameter, which permits this cmdlet to overwrite an existing certificate file, even if it has the Read-only attribute set.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Specifies the type of output file for the certificate export as follows.
-- SST: A Microsoft serialized certificate store (.sst) file format which can contain one or more certificates. This is the default value for multiple certificates.
-- CERT: A .cer file format which contains a single DER-encoded certificate. This is the default value for one certificate.
-- P7B: A PKCS#7 file format which can contain one or more certificates.
Type: | CertType |
Accepted values: | SST, CERT, P7B |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Aliases: | wi |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | False |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
A Certificate object can be piped into to this cmdlet.
The FileInfo object contains the information about the certificate file.