Reissue certificate

POST

https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/order/certificate/{{order_id}}/reissue

Use this endpoint to reissue a certificate. A certificate reissue replaces the existing certificate with a new one that has different information, such as a different common name, CSR, or signature hash.

End of 2-year public SSL/TLS certificates

The Services API no longer issues public SSL/TLS certificates with a validity period greater than 397 days.

When you reissue a public SSL/TLS certificate that has a validity greater than 397 days, the validity period of the reissued certificate is shortened to 397 days or to the time that remains on the order, whichever is sooner. To use the remaining validity included with the original certificate order, reissue the certificate again during the order's final 397-day period.

To learn more about this change, see End of 2-year DV, OV, EV Public SSL/TLS Certificates.

When you reissue a certificate for a Multi-year Plan, you can set a new expiration date for the reissued certificate. For more information, see Multi-year Plans.

Reissue EV Code Signing certificates

eToken reissue requests
You must have a SafeNet 5110-CC (RSA 4096 or ECC P-254) or SafeNet 5110-FIPS (ECC P-254 or P-384). If you don't, you will not be able to install the reissued certificate on your eToken. To get a DigiCert provided, preconfigured hardware token shipped to you, contact our support team.
HSM reissue requests
You must have a FIPS 140-2 Level 2 or Common Criteria EAL4+ compliant HSM that supports ECC P-256 or RSA 3072-bit key sizes or larger. If you don't have a compatible HSM, you will not be able to install the reissued certificate on your device.

For more information, see our knowledge base article. If you have any questions, contact our support team.

cURL

curl -X POST \
  'https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/order/certificate/{{order_id}}/reissue' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-DC-DEVKEY: {{api_key}}' \
  -d '{
  "certificate": {
    "common_name": "example.com",
    "dns_names": [
        "sub.example.com"
    ],
    "csr": "<csr>",
    "server_platform": {
      "id": 2
    },
    "signature_hash": "sha256"
  }
}'

Python

import requests

url = "https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/order/certificate/{{order_id}}/reissue"

payload = "{\n  \"certificate\": {\n    \"common_name\": \"example.com\",\n    \"dns_names\": [\n        \"sub.example.com\"\n    ],\n    \"csr\": \"<csr>\",\n    \"server_platform\": {\n      \"id\": 2\n    },\n    \"signature_hash\": \"sha256\"\n  }\n}"
headers = {
    'X-DC-DEVKEY': "{{api_key}}",
    'Content-Type': "application/json"
    }

response = requests.request("POST", url, data=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/order/certificate/{{order_id}}/reissue"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"certificate\": {\n    \"common_name\": \"example.com\",\n    \"dns_names\": [\n        \"sub.example.com\"\n    ],\n    \"csr\": \"<csr>\",\n    \"server_platform\": {\n      \"id\": 2\n    },\n    \"signature_hash\": \"sha256\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-DC-DEVKEY", "{{api_key}}")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

NodeJS

var request = require("request");

var options = { method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/order/certificate/{{order_id}}/reissue',
  headers: 
   { 'Content-Type': 'application/json',
     'X-DC-DEVKEY': '{{api_key}}' },
  body: 
   { certificate: 
      { common_name: 'example.com',
        dns_names: [ 'sub.example.com' ],
        csr: '<csr>',
        server_platform: { id: 2 },
        signature_hash: 'sha256' } },
  json: true };

request(options, function (error, response, body) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);

  console.log(body);
});

201 Created

{
  "id": 112233,
  "requests": [
    {
      "id": 332211
    }
  ]
}

201 Created (skip_approval)

{
  "id": 112233,
  "certificate_id": 111112
}

Request parameters

Name	Req/Opt	Type	Description
certificate	required	object	Details about the certificate.
.. common_name	required	string	Domain to be secured.
.. dns_names	optional	array	Additional domains to be secured.
.. csr	required	string	Certificate signing request (CSR). See Glossary – CSR requirements
.. server_platform	conditional	object	Server platform type. Required for EV Code Signing certificate orders.
.. .. id	required	int	Server platform ID. Allowed values: For code signing certificate orders, see Glossary – Code signing certificates. For EV code signing certificate orders, see Glossary - EV code signing certificates. For TLS/SSL certificate orders, see Glossary – TLS/SSL certificates. Default: `-1` (other)
.. cert_validity	optional	object	Defines the validity period of the reissued certificate. If not provided, the validity period for the reissued certificate defaults to the time remaining in the Multi-year Plan or the maximum certificate validity period defined by CA/B Forum baseline requirements, whichever is shorter. This object is ignored for reissues that are not associated with a Multi-year Plan.
.. .. years	optional	int	Number of years the certificate is valid after it is issued. Can be replaced with `cert_validity.days` or `cert_validity.custom_expiration_date`. Allowed value: `1`
.. .. days	optional	int	Number of days the certificate is valid after it is issued. Overrides `cert_validity.years`. Max: `397`
.. .. custom_expiration_date	optional	string	A custom expiration date for the certificate. Overrides `cert_validity.days` and `cert_validity.years`. Format: `dd MMM YYYY` (for example, `"09 JUN 2021"`) Range: Must be within 397 days of the date you request the certificate.
.. signature_hash	required	string	Hash algorithm used to signing the certificate.
.. ca_cert_id	optional	string	ID of the intermediate certificate authority (ICA) certificate to select as the issuing certificate. To get the `ca_cert_id` value for an ICA, use the Product list endpoint. Account administrators can customize the default and allowed ICAs for each product at the container or user role level. If you do not provide a value for this parameter, we issue the certificate using the default ICA. If you provide the `ca_cert_id` value for an ICA that is not allowed, the request returns an error^. To see the custom ICA settings for each product, use the Product limits endpoint. ^This parameter is ignored if the option for ICA selection is not enabled for your account. For more information, see ICA certificate chain option.
dcv_method	optional	string	DCV method to use when verifying domain control. See Glossary – DCV methods
comments	optional	string	Message about the reissue.
skip_approval	optional	bool	Specify if the order should skip the approval step and be immediately submitted for validation and issued when complete. Default: `false`

Response parameters

Name	Type	Description
id	int	Order ID.
certificate_id	int	Certificate ID. Only returned if `skip_approval` is `true`.
dcv_random_value	string	Random value used for domain control validation. Note: Not returned when reissuing an OV or EV certificate. For DV certificate reissues, only returned when the DCV method is `dns-txt-token` or `http-token`.
requests	array	List of requests.
.. id	int	Request ID.

Reissue EV Code Signing certificates

Request parameters

Response parameters

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