{"id":10723,"date":"2023-01-05T02:36:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T02:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/?page_id=10723"},"modified":"2023-01-06T02:22:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T02:22:43","slug":"ssl-certificates-faq-rekey-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/ssl-certificates-faq-rekey-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8211;  SSL Certificates FAQ &#8211; Rekey certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10723\" class=\"elementor elementor-10723\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-304adb9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rt-parallax-bg-no\" data-id=\"304adb9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5cf952\" data-id=\"b5cf952\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5030e46 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rt-parallax-bg-no\" data-id=\"5030e46\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d03e490\" data-id=\"d03e490\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dd60fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5dd60fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.0 - 06-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/frequently-asked-questions\/\">Help<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/faq-linux-hosting\">SSL Certificates<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-025e9b7\" data-id=\"025e9b7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-199c9524 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rt-parallax-bg-no\" data-id=\"199c9524\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b070c2b\" data-id=\"b070c2b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d2a3ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d2a3ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"wpb_row   w-animate w-start_animation\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1 class=\"h2 no-top\">Rekey certificate<\/h1><div class=\"help-articles\"><p>Re-keying an SSL certificate refers to creating a new private key for your certificate, which is used in the process of encrypting and decrypting data sent from and to your website.<\/p><div class=\"alert cs-alert-danger\">\u00a0<strong>Warning:<\/strong>\u00a0Re-keying is only available to certificates installed on customers\u2019 own servers.\u00a0Certificates installed on any of our services never need to be re-keyed.<\/div><p>By creating a new private key, you invalidate your certificate\u2019s old private key; this means you must install your new, re-keyed certificate within 72 hours of re-keying.<\/p><p>You should re-key your SSL certificate when:<\/p><ul><li>Your server crashes.<\/li><li>You lose your private key.<\/li><li>You move your website to a new server.<\/li><li>You change your account\u2019s domain.<\/li><li>You want to change your SSL certificate\u2019s signature algorithm to SHA-2. For more information, see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buydomains.com.ph\/ssl-certificates-faq-information-requiring-sha-2-hash-function\/\">Information about Requiring the SHA-2 Hash Function<\/a><\/li><li>You want to change your SSL certificate\u2019s issuing organization.<\/li><li>You change the encryption level of your SSL certificate. For more information, see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buydomains.com.ph\/linux-hosting-faq-require-2048-bit-key-csr\/\">Why do you require a 2048-bit key for my CSR?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3>Before You Begin<\/h3><p>Before you can re-key your SSL certificate, you must generate a new certificate signing request (CSR) from your Web server. For instructions, see\u00a0Generate a CSR (certificate signing request).<\/p><p>The information in your new CSR must be identical to the information for your existing certificate, i.e. you cannot change the organization\u2019s information (although you can change the domain name you\u2019re securing). If you need to change your certificate details, you must revoke the certificate in your account, purchase a new SSL credit, and complete the SSL request again.<\/p><p class=\"note\">\u00a0<strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0We automatically deactivate the previous certificate when we issue the new, re-keyed certificate. Do not revoke unless you are certain you want to cancel the existing certificate. When you revoke, the SSL credit is canceled and you cannot re-key the certificate.<\/p><h4>To Re-Key Your SSL Certificate<\/h4><ol><li>Log in to your Buydomains.com.ph account.<\/li><li>Under\u00a0<strong>SSL Certificates<\/strong>, next to the certificate you want to use, click\u00a0<strong>Manage<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Next to the certificate you want to use, in the\u00a0<strong>Actions<\/strong>\u00a0column, click\u00a0<strong>View Status<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Click\u00a0<strong>Manage<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Click\u00a0<strong>Re-Key certificate<\/strong>.<\/li><li>In the\u00a0<strong>Certificate Signing Request (CSR)<\/strong>\u00a0field, paste your new CSR, including \u2014-BEGIN NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST\u2014- and \u2014-END CERTIFICATE REQUEST\u2014-.<\/li><li>Click\u00a0<strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Click\u00a0<strong>Submit all saved changes<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol><p>Your newly re-keyed certificate is immediately available for download.<\/p><div class=\"alert cs-alert-danger\">\u00a0<strong>Warning:<\/strong>\u00a0We\u2019ll remove the old certificate from our system within 72 hours. To ensure continuity of service, you must install the re-keyed certificate immediately.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><p>\u00a0<\/p><div class=\"container rec-posts\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help \/ SSL Certificates Rekey certificate Re-keying an SSL certificate refers to creating a new private key for your certificate, which is used in the process of encrypting and decrypting data sent from and to your website. \u00a0Warning:\u00a0Re-keying is only available to certificates installed on customers\u2019 own servers.\u00a0Certificates installed on any of our services never [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10723"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10727,"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10723\/revisions\/10727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}