I have a QuickSSL certificate on my Linux server at ThePlanet and I'm planning to migrate to Windows Server 2003 server. Is it possible to transfer certificates between two these two servers?

No

What is the best solution in this situation then? This cert has about 5 months till expiration, is it possible to renew it somehow so that these months were added to the new cert?

I was wondering this as well - each time you buy a cert you specify the server type. If you change servers do most cert vendors allow you to regenerate the cert to a different ssl webserver template? Or do you have to repurchase all certs if you ever change webserver type?

You know, I think the reason this hasn't received an answer is that the answer is obvious.


This might be a big difference between the QuickSSL and RapidSSL certificates as I don't see the same listed for RapidSSL.

As long as you still have your keypair you can convert pem to pkcs12 or pfx using openssl.

For example:



Obviously, the syntax will be different depending on how your certificates are packaged on your linux system.

Just remember that part of the backup you should always store your SSL with the matching RSA KEY file as both are needed to move from one server to another.

Once a certificate is issued, it's basically stuck to that IP and domain.