Certificate.AddPrivateKey Method (String, String)

Adds a private key to the certificate with the specified decryption password.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub AddPrivateKey ( _
    privateKeyPath As String, _
    decryptionPassword As String _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As Certificate 
Dim privateKeyPath As String 
Dim decryptionPassword As String

instance.AddPrivateKey(privateKeyPath, _
    decryptionPassword)

public void AddPrivateKey(
    string privateKeyPath,
    string decryptionPassword
)

public:
void AddPrivateKey(
    String^ privateKeyPath, 
    String^ decryptionPassword
)

member AddPrivateKey : 
        privateKeyPath:string * 
        decryptionPassword:string -> unit

public function AddPrivateKey(
    privateKeyPath : String, 
    decryptionPassword : String
)

Parameters

• privateKeyPath
  Type: System.String
  A String value that specifies the system path to the private key file.

• decryptionPassword
  Type: System.String
  A String value that specifies the decryption password for the private key.

Examples

Using Encryption

See Also

Reference

Certificate Class

AddPrivateKey Overload

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Encryption Hierarchy

CREATE CERTIFICATE (Transact-SQL)