PowerShell PKI Module Documentation

This command requires installed Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT)

Start-CertificationAuthority

Synopsis

Starts certificate services on specified Certification Authority.

Syntax

Start-CertificationAuthority [-CertificationAuthority] <CertificateAuthority[]> [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Starts certificate services on specified Certification Authority.

Parameters

-CertificationAuthority <CertificateAuthority[]>

Specifies the particular Certification Authority. This object can be retrieved by running Get-CertificationAuthority command.

Required?	True
Position?	0
Default value
Accept pipeline input?	true (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters?	False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, InformationAction, InformationVariable,
WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable and OutVariable.
For more information, see about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

Inputs

PKI.CertificateServices.CertificateAuthority

Outputs

None.

Notes

Examples

Example 1

PS C:\> Get-CertificationAuthority ca01.company.com | Start-CertificationAuthority

Starts certificates cervices on a CA server hosted on 'ca01.company.com' server.

Example 2

PS C:\> Get-CertificationAuthority | Start-CertificationAuthority

Starts certificate services on all Certification Authorities in the current forest.

Minimum PowerShell version support

Windows PowerShell 3.0

Operating System Support

Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Windows 11
Windows Server 2008 R2 all editions
Windows Server 2012 all editions
Windows Server 2012 R2 all editions
Windows Server 2016 all editions
Windows Server 2019 all editions
Windows Server 2022 all editions