ACME

 

ACME (Automatic Certificate Management Environment) is an Internet-protocol, which enables the automatic renewal of service certificates without manual work by the customer or the certifier.

An ACME client is installed on the server, which automatically renews the server's certificate from the service provider's ACME server interface before it expires. 

In the ACME service, the ACME client software (ACME Client) installed on the customer's web server connects to the ACME service provided by DVV (ACME Server) when the cer-tificate is created for the first time or needs to be renewed. 

There are several client software programs (ACME Client). They are mostly free and readily available software that can be downloaded from the internet and installed on a server.

With the ACME service offered by DVV, you can renew all current service certificates provided by DVV, except for email certificates. Also test certificates.

With ACME you can:

• Create a new certificate request and send it for issuance.
• Automatically renew existing certificates without manual work.
• Depending on the implementation, also enable automatic installation of the certificate. 
• Close, i.e., revoke unnecessary certificates.