Certificate Renewal

Code Signing Certificates are issued with a limited validity period. Before the expiration of their validity, the certificates have to be renewed for service continuity. The renewal process is specific to CAs, depending on their operations. The result is the issuance of a certificate with extended validity. SIGN+ enables you to trigger certificate renewals. You can trigger renewal from the certificate's holistic view. During this process, an old Certificate Signing Request (CSR) will be submitted to the CA.

To renew Code Signing Certificate, follow these steps:
  1. Go to (Menu) > SIGN+.
  2. Under the CERTIFICATE INVENTORY, select Code Signing.

    The Code Signing Certificate page is displayed.

  3. To renew a Code Signing Certificate, select the certificate name under Common Name.

    The holistic view of the selected certificate is displayed.

  4. Hover over the three-dot menu for the certificate, and then click Renew.
  5. You will be redirected to the Code Signing Certificate > Renew page.
  6. Proceed with the necessary modifications of the required details in the General Information, CA Details, CSR Parameters, Attachments, Generic Fields section.
  7. Click Renew.

    The Renew dialog box is displayed.

  8. Enter your comments in the text field and click Yes.

    This action automatically generates a request ID, also known as the work order ID. The work order status is displayed next to the certificate in the holistic view. If the 'approval required' option is enabled in the CA policy, the request will progress to the Approve and Implementation stages.

  9. The renewal process is initiated. On the certificate's holistic view, click Approve to proceed.
  10. In the Approve dialog box, enter your comments (optional). If you want to schedule automatic approval for the workflow request in the future, click Schedule later. You can then choose the Implementation Time from the calendar field.
  11. Click Yes.
  12. On the certificate holistic view, click Implement to proceed.
  13. In the Implement dialog box, enter your comments. If you want the workflow request to be automatically approved in the future, click Schedule later. You can then select the Implementation Time from the calendar field.
  14. Click Yes.
  15. The renewal process is initiated. Once the renewal is finished, the workflow status will be updated to Completed.