Updating SSL Certificate (2024)

FAQs

How do I update an SSL certificate? ›

SSL certificates are, by nature, limited in duration. Website owners should not expect these to last forever. Rather, they must be regularly renewed to ensure that they continue to provide effective validation and protection over time. To that end, these certificates expire after a predetermined period of time.

It is important to note that renewing a certificate with the same key should not impact any services that are currently using the certificate. However, it is always recommended to test the new certificate thoroughly before deploying it in a production environment.

An SSL certificate is vital to maintaining trust between your website and your clients. Using an expired certificate makes clients vulnerable to cyber attacks, which can break their trust.

This error means that the browser does not trust the SSL certificate for the website. This could happen if the certificate is self-signed, expired, or issued by an untrusted CA. To fix this error, you need to make sure that you have a valid SSL certificate from a reputable CA that is recognized by all major browsers.

If you're using a Domain Validation (DV) certificate with the primary domain for your account, and you've set the certificate to auto-renew, no further action is needed on your part. Renewing your SSL certificate is completely automated.

If you are Renewing Domain Validation (DV) SSL Certificate then it might take about 1-2 hours to issue. Renewing Organization Validation (OV) SSL Certificate takes 4-5 Days. Meanwhile, renewing an Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificate takes 1-2 weeks.

Renewing an expired SSL/TLS certificate is like buying a new digital certificate. Depending on the certificate authority you use, you may (or may not) have to undergo the full validation process to get your certificate renewed. DigiCert solves this problem with pre-validation and instant issuance.

Do I need to create a new CSR to renew my SSL certificate? ›

Q: Do I need to create a new CSR when I renew my SSL/TLS certificate? A: Yes. Best practices are to generate a new certificate signing request (CSR) when renewing your SSL/TLS certificate. Generating a new CSR creates a new unique keypair (public/private) for the renewed certificate.

When you renew a certificate using a new private key, you retire the private key and replace it with a new one. This process is commonly called certificate rekeying or key rollover. You choose this option to prevent a private key from being overused.

If using the IIS 5/6 user interface to renew your SSL certificate, the best way to renew a certificate without any downtime is to generate a CSR with the desired details for a second website on the same server. The website should not be a publicly accessible site, and you can create it specifically for this purpose.

Under Security in your cPanel, you'll click SSL/TLS. From here, click Manage SSL sites. You'll see an option to upload a new certificate to your domain.