DD Boost Certificate Replacement
Summary: Updating DD Boost imported certificates for all Data Domains (DD).
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Instructions
- Generate a certificate signing request (CSR) in a Data Domain using:
adminaccess certificate cert-signing-request generate
- Sign the CSR using a CA
- Delete the existing certificate due to expiry.
# adminaccess certificate show Subject Type Application Valid From Valid Until Fingerprint --------------------- ------------- ----------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ localhost host https* Mon Jan 19 11:53:34 2026 Fri Feb 19 11:53:34 2026 95:8D:B3:83:A8:C6:C1:7D:33:2B:93:F9:63:F5:09:5B:OB:8B:B1:AO localhost ca trusted-ca Thu Feb 02 14:13:38 2023 Wed Jan 31 14:13:38 2029 93:4B:19:41:D9:09:16:23:68:83:45:90:59:A8:F3:64:73:E6:3D:E7 localhost imported-host ddboost Thu Feb 05 13:07:03 2026 Sat Feb 05 13:07:03 2028 FC:72:A5:B9:82:B2:79:D1:51:CC:58:23:31:6F:04:F1:99:5E:EA:2E # adminaccess certificate delete imported-host-application ddboost
- Import the new certificate.
To prepare for importing a certificate, use SCP, FTP, or FTPS to copy the host or CA certificate to the directory /ddvar/certificates.
Optionally, copy and paste the entire PEM file of the host certificate, and then run the import command without specifying the certificate filename. An error is generated if mistakenly imported a mismatched certificate; for example, importing a host certificate as a CA certificate.
# adminaccess certificate import host application ddboost [file file-name] or # adminaccess certificate import host application ddboost
- Verified the import
# adminaccess certficate show
- DD Boost service restart is required to load the new imported host certificate into memory for immediate use.
#ddboost disable #ddboost enable
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Article Number: 000462129
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 17 Jun 2026
Version: 2
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