> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/api-reference/network-services/certificate-manager/provider/create-provider.md).

# Create Provider

Creates a new Provider. The full Provider needs to be provided to create the object. Optional data will be filled with defaults or left empty.

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occurrence of the\nproblem.\n"}}}}}}},"responses":{"BadRequest":{"description":"### Bad Request\nThe request send to the API was malformed.\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"Unauthorized":{"description":"### Unauthorized\nThe request is missing authorization information or the authorization information provided are expired.\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"NotAllowed":{"description":"### Not Allowed\nThe user issuing the request does not have the needed permissions.\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"UnsupportedMediaType":{"description":"### Unsupported Media Type\nThe request has an unsupported media type.\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"UnprocessableEntity":{"description":"### Unprocessable Entity\nThe request was well-formed but was unable to be followed due to semantic 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We apologize for the inconvenience!\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"ServiceUnavailable":{"description":"### Service Unavailable\nThe server is currently unable to handle the request due to a temporary overloading or maintenance of the server.\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"UnexpectedError":{"description":"### Unexpected Internal Server Error\nAn unexpected internal error occurred. We apologize for the inconvenience!\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}}}},"paths":{"/providers":{"post":{"operationId":"providersPost","summary":"Create Provider","tags":["Provider"],"description":"Creates a new Provider.\nThe full Provider needs to be provided to create the object.\nOptional data will be filled with defaults or left empty.\n","requestBody":{"description":"Provider to create.","required":true,"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ProviderCreate"}}}},"responses":{"201":{"description":"Provider successfully created.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ProviderRead"}}}},"400":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/BadRequest"},"401":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/Unauthorized"},"403":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/NotAllowed"},"415":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/UnsupportedMediaType"},"422":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity"},"429":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/TooManyRequests"},"500":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/InternalError"},"503":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/ServiceUnavailable"},"default":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/UnexpectedError"}}}}}}
```


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