How to renew a TLS certificate for a Database Instance
Reviewed on 13 June 2023 • Published on 21 September 2019
The creation and management of TLS certificates is a feature included in the Managed Database for PostgreSQL offers.
A certificate is generated automatically upon the creation of a Database Instance. You can renew your certificates at any time.
Security & Identity (IAM):
You may need certain IAM permissions to carry out some actions described on this page. This means:
- you are the Owner of the Scaleway Organization in which the actions will be carried out, or
- you are an IAM user of the Organization, with a policy granting you the necessary permission sets
Requirements:
- You have an account and are logged into the Scaleway console
- You have a PostgreSQL or MySQL Database Instance
- Click PostgreSQL and MySQL under Managed Databases on the side menu. A list of your Database Instances displays.
- Click the database name or «See more Icon» > More info to access the Database Instance information page.
- Click Renew under TLS Certificate in the Database Instance Information section. A pop-up appears.
A pop-up appears.
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Click Renew TLS certificate once you have read the warnings displayed and wish to continue.
Important:Renewing a certificate means you:
- Will not be able to connect to your Database Instance with the previous certificate when using the verify-ca and verify-full.
- Will need to download and update the new certificate for all database clients.
A green success message pops up in the top right corner of the screen to confirm the certificate has been renewed.
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