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.
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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.
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