SSL certificate renewal
This article discusses the SSL certificate renewal process.
SSL certificate renewal
Every SSL certificate contains an expiration date that cannot be modified. Therefore, when you “renew” a certificate, you are actually obtaining a brand-new certificate with a new expiration date for the same domain.
When an SSL certificate nears its expiration date, the following events occur:
If you do not renew an SSL certificate before it expires, the certificate becomes invalid and visitors to your site receive warning messages in their browsers.
To view a complete list of SSL certificate options currently available at Webhost.Berlin, please visit this page.
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