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Update Key Validity

You can update the key validity period. When the key expires, the credentials issued with that key are no longer valid. You must create new credentials and issue them to the users. Extending the validity of the key avoids creating the credentials again with the new key and distributing them to the users.

If the key has already expired, you can also extend the validity of the expired key, and therefore continue to use the existing credentials.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Services and Server Configurations tab on the main menu.
2. Verify that the CA Strong Authentication tab in the submenu is active.
3. Under the Key Management section, click the Credential Key Management link to display the Credential Key Management Configuration page.
4. You can update an active or expired key.
   • To update an active key:

     In the Active Configurations section, click the <Configuration Name> link of the key, whose validity you want to extend.

   • To update an expired key:

     In the Retired and Expired Configurations section, click the <Configuration Name> link of the expired key, whose validity you want to extend.

     The Credential Key Management Configuration page appears.

5. Choose the Update option.
6. Set the new expiry date for the key in the Validity End Date field. You can either specify the duration for the key expiration or you can specify a specific date.
7. Click Update.