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Certificates
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This page is part of the Azure documentation. It contains code examples and configuration instructions for working with Azure services.
Bias Analysis
Bias Types:
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powershell_heavy
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windows_tools
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windows_first
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missing_linux_example
Summary:
The documentation page demonstrates a strong bias toward Windows and PowerShell environments. All command-line examples for certificate management use PowerShell cmdlets, with no equivalent Bash, Azure CLI, or Linux-native instructions. Windows/PowerShell tools and patterns (e.g., .pfx, ConvertTo-SecureString, X509Certificate2) are referenced exclusively, and PowerShell is presented before Python in both explanations and examples. There are no Linux shell or cross-platform CLI examples for certificate creation, upload, or retrieval.
Recommendations:
- Provide Azure CLI examples for certificate management tasks (creation, upload, retrieval) alongside PowerShell examples.
- Include Bash or shell script examples for common certificate operations, especially for Linux users.
- Mention Linux-compatible certificate formats and tools (e.g., OpenSSL) and show how to prepare/upload certificates from Linux environments.
- Reorder or parallelize sections so that PowerShell and cross-platform (CLI, Python) examples are presented with equal prominence.
- Clarify that the PowerShell cmdlets can be used on Linux/macOS via PowerShell Core, if applicable, or provide alternatives.
- Reference Linux-native certificate stores and how to use certificates managed by Azure Automation in Linux-based runbooks or DSC configurations.
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| 2025-07-12 23:44 | #41 | in_progress | ❌ Biased |
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Flagged Code Snippets
### Create a new certificate with a Resource Manager template
The following example demonstrates how to deploy a certificate to your Automation account by using a Resource Manager template through PowerShell:
## Get a certificate
To retrieve a certificate, use the internal `Get-AutomationCertificate` cmdlet. You can't use the [Get-AzAutomationCertificate](/powershell/module/Az.Automation/Get-AzAutomationCertificate) cmdlet, because it returns information about the certificate asset, but not the certificate itself.
### Textual runbook examples
# [PowerShell](#tab/azure-powershell)
The following example shows how to add a certificate to a cloud service in a runbook. In this sample, the password is retrieved from an encrypted automation variable.