PowerShell PKI Module Documentation

This command requires installed Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT)

Approve-CertificateRequest

Synopsis

Approves certificate for a certificate request that is placed in 'Pending Requests' node on the CA server.

Syntax

Approve-CertificateRequest [-Request] <Object> [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Issues certificate for a certificate request that is placed in 'Pending Requests' node on the CA server. This is equivalent to manually issuing a certificate request from Certification Authority MMC snap-in.

Note: for this command to succeed, the certificate request must be pending.

Parameters

-Request <Object>

Specifies the pending request object. Pending request object can be retrieved by running Get-PendingRequest 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

SysadminsLV.PKI.Management.CertificateServices.Database.AdcsDbRow

Outputs

SysadminsLV.PKI.Utils.IServiceOperationResult

Notes

Examples

Example 1

PS C:\> Get-CertificationAuthority CompanyCA1 | Get-PendingRequest -ID 10,14 | Approve-CertificateRequest

This command will attempt to approve certificate requests with ID 10 and 14 and issue certificates.

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