# Get SSL certificate
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-ssl-certificate/229273
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 22, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-ssl-certificate/229273 "2020-04-22T13:40:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Rajeev\_Bhat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rajeev_Bhat)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-ssl-certificate/229273/1 "2020-04-22T13:40:47Z")
Hello,
I have executed "GET /\_ssl/certificates" in elastic cloud-kibana dev tools , as a result generated certificate is stored in "path" : "node.crt".
But I couldn't able to view the file node.crt, where should I see in elastic cloud website?
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### Author:  [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-ssl-certificate/229273/2 "2020-04-23T16:08:21Z")
Hi,
This API doesn't _generate_ certificates, it shows you information about certificates that are in use in your cluster. See [the documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/security-api-ssl.html). What are you trying to do ?
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### Author:  [@Rajeev\_Bhat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rajeev_Bhat)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-ssl-certificate/229273/3 "2020-04-23T16:24:55Z")
Thanks for your reply. I want to get existing security certificates. How do I do that?Is there any way that I can get these certificates using kibana dev tools?
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### Author:  [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-ssl-certificate/229273/4 "2020-04-23T16:36:50Z")
No, you can't, you need filesystem access to the elasticsearch node.
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### Author:  [@Rajeev\_Bhat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rajeev_Bhat)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-ssl-certificate/229273/5 "2020-04-23T16:59:52Z")
Got this, I think this may work.
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-enterprise/current/ece-manage-certificates.html#ece-existing-security-certificates](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-enterprise/current/ece-manage-certificates.html#ece-existing-security-certificates)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-ssl-certificate/229273/6 "2020-05-21T16:59:52Z")
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