# vespa auth cert add

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## vespa auth cert add

Add certificate to application package

### Synopsis

Add an existing self-signed certificate for Vespa Cloud deployment to your application package.

The certificate will be loaded from the Vespa CLI home directory (see 'vespa help config') by default.

The location of the application package can be specified as an argument to this command (default '.').

```
vespa auth cert add [flags]
```

### Examples

```
$ vespa auth cert add -a my-tenant.my-app.my-instance
$ vespa auth cert add -a my-tenant.my-app.my-instance path/to/application/package
```

### Options

```
-f, --force Force overwrite of existing certificate
  -h, --help help for add
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
-a, --application string The application to use. Format "tenant.application.instance" - instance is optional (tenant required for cloud targets)
  -C, --cluster string The container cluster to use. This is only required for applications with multiple clusters
  -c, --color string Whether to use colors in output. Must be "auto", "never", or "always" (default "auto")
  -i, --instance string The instance of the application to use
  -q, --quiet Print only errors
  -t, --target string The target platform to use. Must be "local", "cloud", "hosted" or an URL (default "local")
  -z, --zone string The zone to use. This defaults to a dev zone (cloud only)
```

### SEE ALSO

- [vespa auth cert](vespa_auth_cert.html) - Create a new self-signed certificate for authentication with Vespa Cloud data plane

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- [Synopsis](#synopsis)
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- [Options](#options)
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- [SEE ALSO](#see-also)