Let's Encrypt Certificates for FileMaker Server
IntermediateInstall and auto-renew free Let's Encrypt SSL certificates on FileMaker Server -- and understand why a restart is required.
What you'll learn
- What Let's Encrypt is and why it is the preferred certificate source
- How to request a Let's Encrypt certificate in FileMaker Server Admin Console
- The 90-day renewal cycle and what happens without a restart
- How FM Dojo can automatically restart FileMaker Server after Let's Encrypt renewal
Let's Encrypt provides free, automatically renewing SSL certificates trusted by all major browsers. FileMaker Server 19.4+ supports requesting Let's Encrypt certificates directly from Admin Console -- but there is a critical catch: after renewal, FileMaker Server must be restarted to load the new certificate. The Admin Console handles the renewal but cannot perform the restart itself.
What Let's Encrypt provides
Let's Encrypt is a free, non-profit certificate authority that issues domain-validated SSL certificates valid for 90 days. Certificates are automatically renewed before expiration. They are trusted by all major browsers and FileMaker clients -- identical in trust to paid certificates from DigiCert or Comodo. The only requirement is that your FileMaker Server has a publicly accessible domain name.
Sign in to track your progress and pick up where you left off.
Sign in to FM Dojo