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What is an Additional License?
A Digital Certificate by itself can be used
to secure a domain name, on a single server only. Each additional server that
you plan to host your domain name on, would also need to be similarly secured; and
that's where an Additional License is needed. It licenses usage of the same
digital certificate across multiple servers.
The advantage of buying Additional Licenses as
compared to multiple digital certificates is that, it removes the delay in issuance
caused due to generation of a Certificate Signing Request (CSR), completing the
Enrollment process and then undergoing the authentication
process conducted by thawte. Moreover, Additional Licenses work out to be a much cheaper solution
than buying individual digital certificates.
IMPORTANT
- Additional License(s) can be bought only
at the time of purchasing/renewing the parent Digital
Certificate.
If however, you have already purchased the parent Digital Certificate
without mentioning the number of Additional License(s) required, then you
have the following options:
- If the parent Digital Certificate has been issued in the last 30 days,
Deleting the certificate will get you a full refund and then you may
purchase another, while mentioning the number of Additional License(s)
required.
Click here to know how to Delete your Digital Certificate Order >>
- If the parent Digital Certificate is
over 30 days old, then you have the following two options -
(a) at the time of Renewal of the parent Digital Certificate, you specify
the required number of Additional License(s), or
(b) you simply Delete the parent Digital Certificate order and purchase another, while
mentioning the correct number of Additional License(s) required.
You cannot specify the duration of an Additional License
while purchasing the same. The duration of an Additional License will depend
upon the duration of its parent Digital Certificate.
For example, if you
are purchasing a Digital Certificate for one year, then
an Additional License for such a Digital Certificate will be a one year
License. Likewise, it will be a two year Additional License if the duration of the Digital Certificate is two years.
Additional License(s)
can only be used for servers which have the same software installed on them
and the same associated common name.
Reference:
Common Name >>
Software Type >>
Once purchased, an Additional License
cannot be deleted. However, deletion of the parent Digital Certificate would
render the Additional License(s) invalid.
You need to simply retrieve the parent Digital Certificate and install the same on multiple
servers. The number of servers (excluding the primary server) on which the
Digital Certificate can secure your domain name will be equal to the total
number of Additional Licenses you have purchased for this Digital
Certificate.
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know how to retrieve your Digital Certificate >>
Click here to
read how to install your Digital Certificate on your web server >>
To renew Additional License(s), you need to
simply renew the parent Digital Certificate, while specifying the number of
Additional License(s) needed. This is because an Additional License is, in fact,
just a license to use the parent Digital Certificate across multiple servers.
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how a Digital Certificate can be Renewed >>
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