International Business Machines Corporation
CERTIFICATE RENEWAL PROCESS OUTSIDE APPLICATION SERVER ENVIRONMENT

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method, a system, and a computer program product for renewing a digital certificate. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the computer-implemented method comprises copying a digital certificate, from a first computer, onto a second computer, and requesting, from the second computer, renewal of the digital certificate by a certificate authority. The method further comprises loading a renewed digital certificate from the certificate authority, and saving the renewed digital certificate on the second computer. The renewed digital certificate is checked, on the second computer, for specified conditions, and the renewed digital certificate is copied from the second computer onto the first computer.