From d3ac841651db8d501b9842a1974e22e6d15a4199 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Richard=20K=C3=B6rber?= Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2016 14:34:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Explain unauthorized exception while renewal --- src/site/markdown/usage/certificate.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/site/markdown/usage/certificate.md b/src/site/markdown/usage/certificate.md index 711b961a..1ca17fe0 100644 --- a/src/site/markdown/usage/certificate.md +++ b/src/site/markdown/usage/certificate.md @@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ X509Certificate cert = cert.download(); Instead of loading the original CSR, you can also generate a new one. So renewing a certificate is basically the same as requesting a new certificate. +If `registration.requestCertificate(csr)` throws an `AcmeUnauthorizedException`, the authorizations of some or all involved domains have expired. In this case, you need to go through the [authorization](./authorization.html) process again, before requesting the renewed certificate. + ## Revocation To revoke a certificate, just invoke the respective method: