certificateUrl

This is the URL of a certificate that has been uploaded to Key Vault as a secret. For adding a secret to the Key Vault, see [Add a key or secret to the

• key

• vault](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/key-vault-get-started/#add). In this case, your certificate needs to be the Base64 encoding of the following JSON Object which is encoded in UTF-8:
  
  {
  "data":"",
  "dataType":"pfx",
  "password":""
  }
  To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the [Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension

• for

• Linux](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/key-vault-linux) or the [Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for

• Windows](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/key-vault-windows).