Updating SSL Certificate

[mpboyle]

Our SSL Certificate is expiring and I'm wondering if once we get our new certificate, do we need to import the certificate through ArcGIS Server admin or is updating the certificate on the server sufficient?

We use a wildcard certificate and am assuming that is what our IT will be renewing, so the name of the certificate will likely not change.

If we need to import the certificate, should we delete the existing certificate entry and then import?

Just looking for best practices since we only do this once every few years!

System Configs

OS: Windows Server 2012 R2

ArcGIS Server: 10.4.1

Thanks!

[RandallWilliams]

Correct. I'd keep everything as apples to apples as you can. If the previous configuration was working, and your front end server resolves correctly to the back-end GIS Server using the machinenumber.citynetwork.cityname.com format, you should be good to go and not have service interruption beyond a brief scheduled outage when you change the certificate alias in the ArcGIS Server admin API to point to the new certificate's alias.

[StevenE]

Good to hear. Thank you for the quick reply!