Certificate Management Service:Enable hosting for a certificate

Enable hosting for a certificate

1. Go to the SSL Certificates Service buy page and log on by using your Alibaba Cloud account.
2. Configure the parameters for the certificate instance that you want to purchase based on your business requirements.
   If you want to enable hosting, you must set Subscription Duration to 2 Years or 3 year. For more information about the parameters on the buy page, see Purchase an SSL certificate instance.
3. Click Buy Now and complete the payment.
   After you complete the payment, Certificate Management Service generates certificate instances on the Manage Certificates tab. The number of certificate instances is determined by the value of Subscription Duration that you specify. For example, if you set Subscription Duration to 3 year, Certificate Management Service generates one certificate in the Pending Application state and two associated certificates in the Not Activated state. You can click the icon next to Pending Application or Not Activated in the Status column to view the certificate lifecycle. States of certificates:

   • Pending Application: The payment is complete and Alibaba Cloud has automatically generated certificate instances, but the certificate instances have not been used to submit certificate applications. If your certificate is in this state, you must submit a certificate application and cooperate with the CA to verify your domain name. For more information about how to submit a certificate application, see Submit a certificate application.
   • Hosted: After the first certificate is issued, the status of the certificate changes to Hosted. The Hosted state indicates that Certificate Management Service has hosted the certificate. When the certificate is due to expire, Certificate Management Service automatically activates a new certificate and submits a certificate application. If issues such as enterprise information verification failure or DNS verification failure occur during the application review, your dedicated technical support engineer will contact and guide you to complete the application review.
   • Not Activated: The certificate is not activated. If a certificate is in this state, Certificate Management Service activates the certificate when a different certificate that is associated with the certificate is about to expire. Then, Certificate Management Service submits an application for the activated certificate.