How to Regenerate an SSL Certificate

When you regenerate your certificate you reprocess the initial file, which will let you use a new public and private key. This may be useful if you believe your current SSL certificate may be compromised. After your certificate is regenerated the old public key will continue to be valid for 48 hours, after which it will be revoked.

Important

A regeneration is not a renewal of your certificate. You can regenerate your certificate as long as it has not expired, but once your certificate has expired you must renew the certificate.

This is also the process you will use to change the domains listed on a certificate for multiple addresses.

Warning

A regeneration request will launch the same domain validation process that you performed when you first created the certificate.

You will be asked to provide a CSR that you have generated.

You can regenerate your SSL certificate from the SSL table or from the admin page of your certificate. You are not able to regenerate a free certificate that was created automatically.

From the SSL Table

1. After logging into your account, select “SSL Certificates” from the left navigation menu.

2. Click on the three dot icon to the far right of the certificate you want to regenerate.

3. Select “Regenerate” from the drop down menu.

4. Complete the appropriate steps to validate your domain name.

From the Certificate Admin

1. After logging into your account, select “SSL Certificates” from the left navigation menu.

2. Click on the name of the certificate you want to regenerate.

3. Click “Regenerate.”

4. Complete the appropriate steps to validate your domain name.