Creating a Duplicate Certificate for a New Server

All DigiCert® Wildcard Plus™ and Unified Communications (UC) Certificates come with an unlimited server license. Having an unlimited server license means that you can use one certificate on as many different servers as you want without extra costs. To increase security and make it easier to install the certificates, you can create duplicate certificates in your DigiCert® Management Console.

All you have to do is send us a new CSR for each server so that we can create a new certificate for it. The details in the duplicate certificate will be exactly the same as the original certificate and will not/cannot revoke previous copies of your certificate.

Complete the following steps to duplicate a certificate:

  1. Create a new CSR / key pair on the server that you want a certificate for. For the common name, enter the same name that was in the original certificate (or SANs if it is a UC certificate, see below). All of the other information (e.g. organization, locality, etc.) will be replaced with the information we collected during validation.
  2. Log into your DigiCert Management Console.
  3. In the My Orders tab there is a list of your current certificates. Click the order number for the certificate you want to duplicate.
  4. Scroll down and click the Get a Duplicate button.
  5. In the new window, copy and paste your new CSR and click the Proceed to Step 2 button.
  6. Review the details and click the Process now button.
  7. The duplicate certificate will automatically be issued within a few minutes and will show up at the bottom of the order page. Just hit refresh and then download it. Once you download it, you can install the certificate to the new server.

Requesting Duplicate Certificates with Subject Alternate Names (SANs)

By default, wildcard certificates only secure a specific subdomain level. For example, if your certificate is for *.domain.com it will secure test.domain.com, www.domain.com, etc.

If you want to secure subdomains on different levels (for example, test.secure.domain.com, six.test.secure.domain.com) you can do this by completing the steps below. Though only 10 subdomains are permitted per request, you can request as many duplicate certificates as you need. Requesting multiple duplicate certificates does not invalidate the first ones and allows you to secure 10 more subdomains.

Complete the following steps to duplicate a certificate with SANs:

  1. Create a new CSR / key pair on the server that you want a certificate for.
  2. Log into your DigiCert Management Console.
  3. In the My Orders tab there is a list of your current certificates. Click the order number for the certificate you want to duplicate.
  4. Scroll down and click the Get a Duplicate button.
  5. In the new window, add the SAN names for up to 10 subdomains of the wildcard certificate domain and click the Proceed to Step 2 button.
  6. Review the details and click the Process now button.
  7. The duplicate certificate will automatically be issued within a few minutes and will show up at the bottom of the order page. Just hit refresh and then download it. Once you download it, you can install the certificate to the new server.