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Nimbostratuscertificate
Hi, If I want to renew a wild card Certificate ( the key is the same ) ,Is it ok just overwriting ? Or import as new and assign to the profile ? Is there any other pros and cons ?
Thanks
kolom_265617Cirrostratus
Hello bluestar007,
it's recommended for security purposes to create a new CSR to generate a new private key rather than using the old key and renew the certificate itself.you can stick with the old one, and it isn’t necessarily unsafe, although the fresh key would always be safer all things being equal.
bluestar007_339HI, What is the procedure just keeping the same and key and uploading only the certificate Thanks
kolomAltostratus
Hello bluestar007,
it's recommended for security purposes to create a new CSR to generate a new private key rather than using the old key and renew the certificate itself.you can stick with the old one, and it isn’t necessarily unsafe, although the fresh key would always be safer all things being equal.
- bluestar007_339
HI, What is the procedure just keeping the same and key and uploading only the certificate Thanks
- boneyard
MVP
i agree with kolom on using a fresh key. beyond that importing everything in a different name makes a rollback easier if something goes wrong. if you overwrite you loose the old information.
