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Can I Renew an SSL Certificate?

Yes.

The default validity period of an SSL certificate issued by a CA is one year. You need to renew the certificate before it expires.

The renewal entry will be available for 30 calendar days before an SSL certificate expires. For details, see Renewing an SSL Certificate.

  • External certificates you upload to SCM and free certificates you apply for in SCM cannot be renewed in SCM.
  • You can renew only paid SSL certificates that have been purchased in SCM and are about to expire.
  • The renewal entry is available for 30 calendar days before an SSL certificate expires.
  • Renewing an SSL certificate is to purchase a new certificate with the exact same configurations as the original one. The configurations include the certificate authority, certificate type, domain type, domain quantity, and primary domain name.

    If there is any configuration that is different from the original one, renewal is not supported, and you need to apply for a new certificate.

  • Validity period of a renewed certificate
    • The new certificate will inherit the remaining validity period of the original certificate. However, the remaining validity period cannot exceed 30 days.

      For example, your one-year certificate will expire on November 30, 2022. If you renew the certificate and the CA issues it on November 25, 2022, the new certificate will expire on November 30, 2023. The validity period of the new certificate is one year plus the remaining validity period (five days in this case) of the original certificate.

    • If you renew an SSL certificate on the certificate renewal page, and the certificate authority, certificate type, domain type, domain quantity, and/or primary domain name of the new certificate are different from those of the original certificate, the new certificate cannot inherit the remaining validity period (if any) of the original certificate. So, the validity period of the new certificate is one year.
    • If you purchase a new certificate on the purchase page, the validity period of the new certificate is one year as the new certificate cannot inherit the remaining validity period (if any) of the original certificate.
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