Rekeying A Godaddy.com SSL Certificate
IMPORTANT: Never revoke your ssl certificate without first speaking with customer support. Once a certificate is revoked it is gone. You cannot re-key a revoked certificate and you may have to purchase a brand new ssl certificate. Plus you could have potential downtime on your website.
The original Godaddy ssl certificate is automatically turned off when the new one is issued. It is not necessary for you to revoke and old ssl certificate.
You should consider re-keying an SSL certificate only if any of the following occur:
- You cannot locate your private key
- Your private key has been comprimised
- You will be changing your hosting providers
- Changing the Dedicated or VPS server the certificate is currently installed on
- Recovering from a server crash
NOTE: If you are moving your SSL certificate to a new dedicated or VPS server, or if your server has crashed on you, or if you have lost your ssl private key, you will want to re-key your Godaddy SSL certificate not revoke it. For information on how to re-key your certificate see Re-key an SSL Certificate.