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Please use the following steps on How do I renew the Ahsay self-signed SSL and CA certificate on my AhsayCBS backup server?.

The Ahsay default self-signed SSL Certificate or Dummy SSL Certificate on AhsayCBS will expire on January 3, 2024 while the CA Certificate will expire on April 1, 2024. If the Ahsay default self-signed SSL and CA certificates are not renewed before the expiry dates:

  1. No AhsayOBM / AhsayACB clients will be able to login to AhsayCBS server using https protocol.
  2. Auto Update, Scheduled, and Continuous backups on AhsayOBM / AhsayACB clients using https protocol will stop working.

AhsayCBS default installation path: %CBS_INSTALL_PATH%

  • Windows: C:\Program Files\AhsayCBS
  • Linux: /usr/local/cbs
  • AhsayUBS: /ubs/mnt/eslsfw/obsr

To renew the expiring Ahsay self-signed SSL and CA certificates:

  1. Upgrade all AhsayCBS, AhsayOBM, and AhsayACB to v9.7.2.0 ior above.
  2. Create a backup of your existing certificate files: ca.crt, ssl.crt and ssl.key .
  3. Download the updated Ahsay self-signed SSL and CA certificates .
  4. Unzip the SSL certificate files.
  5. Stop your AhsayCBS service. (Please verify that there are no active backup jobs running before stopping the service)
  6. Copy the new SSL certificate files to:
    • For servers in Windows and Linux: %CBS_INSTALL_PATH%\conf folder
    • For servers using UBS: %CBS_INSTALL_PATH%\system\conf folder
  7. Start the AhsayCBS service.
  8. Open a web browser with your AhsayCBS server URL and verify the new SSL certificate expiry date is November 1, 2028 and November 2, 2053 for the new CA certificate.