How to Reissue an SSL Certificate

Reissuing a Certificate in your DigiCert Account

All DigiCert certificates come with unlimited free reissues. Some reasons you may want/need to reissue your certificate are:

• You lost your private key or want to re-key your certificate.
• You want to change the domain on the certificate (e.g., from www.yourname.com to secure.yourname.com).
• You want to change the organization name listed in the certificate.
• You want to add, remove or change some of the SANs listed in your UC certificate.

To reissue a certificate, you will first need to generate a new CSR on your server (you can use our CSR Creation instructions), and then submit the CSR in your account. Once you have your new CSR follow these steps:

1. Login to your DigiCert account.
2. You will find a list of your current certificates on the My Certificates tab. Next to the order number of the certificate, click on the + sign to expand the actions.

   

3. Click on Re-Key Your Certificate to get a new certificate with all the same information. Click Edit Common Name to get a new certificate with a different common name.
4. On the first step, enter a reason for the reissue and paste in your new CSR.
5. Click the Continue to Next Step button.
6. If you need to make any changes, you can do so in the next step. The final step will let you review the changes that are being made. If they are correct, click These changes are correct >> Process Reissue.

If any of the information in the certificate was changed, we will need to re-validate the certificate. If the common name or any SANs were changed to domains or subdomains that we haven't validated, we will need to verify the request using the contact information in the WHOIS record.

Once the reissue has been completed you will receive an email with the new certificates attached at the email address listed in the order.

Reissuing Your SSL Certificate

Learn how to reissue your SSL certificate in your DigiCert Account

• • Return to Support Issues
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