---
title: Create Tunnel Certificate
url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/http/beta/organization/mcp_tunnels/tunnel_certificates/create
---

# Create Tunnel Certificate

**POST** `/v1/organizations/tunnels/{tunnel_id}/certificates`

**Deprecated**

**Deprecated.** This Admin API endpoint is superseded by `/v1/tunnels` on the Claude API and will be removed after a migration window. New integrations should use [`/v1/tunnels`](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/beta/tunnels?sdk_languages=http) with the `anthropic-beta: mcp-tunnels-2026-06-22` header and a WIF token carrying the `workspace:manage_tunnels` scope. Existing integrations continue to work with the `mcp-tunnels-2026-05-19` header and `org:manage_tunnels` scope during the migration window.

Register a public CA certificate for the tunnel.

Anthropic verifies the gateway's server certificate against this CA
when it terminates the inner TLS session. The PEM body must contain
exactly one X.509 certificate and no private-key material. A tunnel
holds at most two non-archived certificates.

## Path parameters

- `tunnel_id: string`

  ID of the Tunnel.

## Headers

- `"anthropic-version": optional string`

  The version of the Claude API you want to use.

  Read more about versioning and our version history [here](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/versioning?sdk_languages=http).

- `"anthropic-beta": array of AnthropicBeta`

  This endpoint is in beta: requests must send `mcp-tunnels-2026-05-19` in this header.

  - `string`

  - `"message-batches-2024-09-24"`

  - `"prompt-caching-2024-07-31"`

  - `"computer-use-2024-10-22"`

  - `"computer-use-2025-01-24"`

  - `"pdfs-2024-09-25"`

  - `"token-counting-2024-11-01"`

  - `"token-efficient-tools-2025-02-19"`

  - `"output-128k-2025-02-19"`

  - `"files-api-2025-04-14"`

  - `"mcp-client-2025-04-04"`

  - `"mcp-client-2025-11-20"`

  - `"dev-full-thinking-2025-05-14"`

  - `"interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14"`

  - `"code-execution-2025-05-22"`

  - `"extended-cache-ttl-2025-04-11"`

  - `"context-1m-2025-08-07"`

  - `"context-management-2025-06-27"`

  - `"model-context-window-exceeded-2025-08-26"`

  - `"skills-2025-10-02"`

  - `"fast-mode-2026-02-01"`

  - `"output-300k-2026-03-24"`

  - `"user-profiles-2026-03-24"`

  - `"user-profiles-2026-08-18"`

  - `"user-profiles-2026-09-04"`

  - `"advisor-tool-2026-03-01"`

  - `"managed-agents-2026-04-01"`

  - `"cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07"`

  - `"dreaming-2026-04-21"`

  - `"thinking-token-count-2026-05-13"`

  - `"server-side-fallback-2026-06-01"`

  - `"server-side-fallback-2026-07-01"`

  - `"fallback-credit-2026-06-01"`

  - `"fallback-credit-2026-07-01"`

  - `"agent-memory-2026-07-22"`

  - `"mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01"`

  - `"compact-2026-01-12"`

  - `"computer-use-2025-11-24"`

  - `"mcp-tunnels-2026-06-22"`

  - `"structured-outputs-2025-11-13"`

  - `"task-budgets-2026-03-13"`

  - `"thinking-display-updates-2026-08-18"`

  - `"ce-user-management-2026-07-13"`

  - `"mid-conversation-output-config-2026-07-01"`

  - `"thinking-binding-controls-2026-08-01"`

  - `"mid-conversation-system-clear-at-2026-08-21"`

  - `"compact-2026-09-04"`

  - `"inline-tools-2026-09-15"`

  - `"mcp-client-2026-09-15"`

  - `"ce-plugins-2026-09-01"`

  - `"spend-limit-reads-2026-09-26"`

  - `"telemetry-destinations-2026-08-11"`

## Body parameters

- `ca_certificate_pem: string`

  PEM-encoded X.509 CA certificate. Must contain exactly one certificate and
  no private-key material.

  maxLength: 8192

## Returns

- `BetaOrganizationTunnelCertificate object`

  - `type: "tunnel_certificate"`

    Object type. Always `tunnel_certificate` for Tunnel Certificates.

    default: tunnel_certificate

  - `id: string`

    ID of the Tunnel Certificate.

  - `archived_at: string or null`

    RFC 3339 datetime string indicating when the certificate was archived, or
    `null` if it is not archived.

    format: date-time

  - `created_at: string`

    RFC 3339 datetime string indicating when the certificate was registered.

    format: date-time

  - `expires_at: string or null`

    RFC 3339 datetime string indicating when the certificate expires, or
    `null` if it does not expire.

    format: date-time

  - `fingerprint: string`

    The certificate's SHA-256 fingerprint, as a lowercase hex string.

  - `tunnel_id: string`

    ID of the Tunnel this certificate is registered against.

## Example

```bash
curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/organizations/tunnels/$TUNNEL_ID/certificates \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
    -H 'anthropic-beta: mcp-tunnels-2026-05-19' \
    -H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
    -d '{
          "ca_certificate_pem": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nMIIBexampleEXAMPLEexampleEXAMPLEexampleEXAMPLEexampleEXAMPLEexa\n...illustrative placeholder, not a real certificate...\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n"
        }'
```

### Response (200)

```json
{
  "id": "tcrt_01JmWq4ZxnBvR7tKpY2sLdH9",
  "archived_at": "2024-11-01T23:59:27.427722Z",
  "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "expires_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "fingerprint": "9f86d081884c7d659a2feaa0c55ad015a3bf4f1b2b0b822cd15d6c15b0f00a08",
  "tunnel_id": "tnl_01Hx9Kp2RtQvMn3sWbYdLcF8",
  "type": "tunnel_certificate"
}
```