Editing renewals in simple-acme

This guide describes the process and some of the possibilities, associated with editing an existing renewal in Simple-Acme. This is used to change a renewal, instead of starting the full order process from scratch, when only needing a small change.

Editing a renewal

From the Simple-Acme main menu, start by selecting option "**A**" for "**Manage renewals**" If you have more than one renewal, please select the one you want to edit, using its indicated number. Then, select option "**E**" to "**Edit renewal**"

Inside the editing menu, we have a bunch of different options.\ Here is a simple list of options:\ 1: **All** - Starts from scratch, like starting a whole new order, but using the same renewal. (This way you can keep track of the total renewals made, etc.)\ 2: **Source** - This is where you determine the domain on the certificate\ 3: **Order** - This is where you select either a single certificate or split into subdomains etc.\ 4: **CSR** - This is where you select ECC/RSA key pair\ 5: **Validation** - This is where you select validation method (DNS, prevalidation, HTTP)\ 6: **Store** - This is where you determine how to save/export the certificate\ 7: **Installation** - Install to IIS, run script, or do nothing.

Example usage

The following is an example of how to change the storage settings of the certificate: After inputting "**6**" for "**Store**", you can see an interface identical to the ordering process.\ From here, you can select however many options you'd like, to store the certificate. After editing the renewal, the certificate will be automatically renewed instantly, taking the new settings. **Important note:** When editing a renewal in general, you **overwrite** old settings. This means that you must input ALL storage locations, if you have more than one. **Example:** You have an existing certificate/renewal that is stored in the Windows store (option 2), but you also want to store it as a PFX (option 5). When editing, you have to choose BOTH option 2 and then 5 when prompted for additional storage settings.\ If you only choose option 5, and then save, you would not save it in the certificate store anymore, as we **overwrite** the old settings.

You can change any settings from the ordering process, using this method! Please refer to the list in step 2, for details about which step to select. If you at any point in the process make changes you dont want to save, simply restart Simple-Acme by closing it, and opening it back up.

Editing renewals in simple-acme

Editing a renewal

Example usage