NAME
    gcloud privateca certificates describe - get metadata for a certificate

SYNOPSIS
    gcloud privateca certificates describe
        (CERTIFICATE
          : --issuer-location=ISSUER_LOCATION --issuer-pool=ISSUER_POOL)
        [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION
    Returns metadata for the given certificate.

EXAMPLES
    To get metadata for the 'frontend-server-tls' certificate:

        $ gcloud privateca certificates describe frontend-server-tls \
            --issuer-pool=my-pool --issuer-location=us-west1

    To download the PEM-encoded certificate for the 'frontend-server-tls'
    certificate to a file called 'frontend-server-tls.crt':

        $ gcloud privateca certificates describe frontend-server-tls \
            --issuer-pool=my-pool --issuer-location=us-west1 \
            --format="value(pemCertificate)" > ./frontend-server-tls.crt

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
     CERTIFICATE resource - The certificate for which to obtain metadata. The
     arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this
     resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but
     can be set in other ways. To set the project attribute:
      ◆ provide the argument certificate on the command line with a fully
        specified name;
      ◆ set the property core/project;
      ◆ provide the argument --project on the command line.

     This must be specified.

       CERTIFICATE
          ID of the CERTIFICATE or fully qualified identifier for the
          CERTIFICATE. To set the certificate attribute:
          ▸ provide the argument certificate on the command line.

          This positional argument must be specified if any of the other
          arguments in this group are specified.

       --issuer-location=ISSUER_LOCATION
          The location of the CERTIFICATE. To set the issuer-location
          attribute:
          ▸ provide the argument certificate on the command line with a fully
            specified name;
          ▸ provide the argument --issuer-location on the command line;
          ▸ set the property privateca/location.

       --issuer-pool=ISSUER_POOL
          The ID of the issuing CA Pool. To set the issuer-pool attribute:
          ▸ provide the argument certificate on the command line with a fully
            specified name;
          ▸ provide the argument --issuer-pool on the command line.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
    These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account,
    --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format,
    --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet,
    --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.

    Run $ gcloud help for details.

API REFERENCE
    This command uses the privateca/v1 API. The full documentation for this API
    can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/

NOTES
    This variant is also available:

        $ gcloud beta privateca certificates describe