DNS: restore credential "Test" functionality where supported.
AutoUpdate: Fix issue where AutoUpdate script would download previous app version due to version string not being passed to API. Add Windows Event logging.
Help: Fix issue where invalid help links would cause an exception when link clicked.
6.0.1 : 2023/05/19
Enhancements:
Tasks: Add new Deploy to Doppler task for storing certificate artifacts in Doppler SecretOps.
Fixes:
SQLite: Improve error handling when a database file is locked.
6.0.0 : 2023/05/12
Certify The Web - v6.0
v6.x is a major new release featuring lots of improvements developed over the last 12 months.
Enhancements:
Certify SSL Manager is now simply called Certify Certificate Manager
Add support for STIR/SHAKEN (Secure Telephone Identity) certificates and add Martini Security (martinisecurity.com) as a built in CA.
Automatic CA fallback/failover is now enabled for new installs by default and can be toggled under Settings > Certificate Authorities, just add multiple ACME accounts and the app will automatically switch to the next available CA if the current one is unavailable or failing.
CA: Add Sectigo (EV,DV,OV ACME endpoints) as a built in CA option.
Data Stores: optionally use MS SQL Server or PostgreSQL as the data store instead of SQLite, migrate data between stores.
CLI: implement backup import/export options
Core/UI: Improved support for managing many thousands of certs
Core: Internal ACME CAs can now optionally connect using self-signed TLS
Core: New certificate OCSP and ARI health checks twice per day, per certificate, to test for any required early renewal.
Core: Use Anvil library for ACME support
Accounts: add support for importing and exporting account details, account key rollover and optional account deactivation on delete.
UI: Added turkish language support (thanks to Riza Emet)
Tasks: New deployment task to Set Private Key permissions for specific account.
Tasks: New task Update Port Binding for general TLS port binding updates.
DNS: New Domeneshop and Infomaniak DNS providers via Posh-ACME
DNS: New version of Microsoft Azure DNS provider.
DNS: New Google Domains provider for DNS based ACME challenges.
Breaking Changes:
CA: Let's Encrypt will now default to the ISRG Root X1 chain instead of the default expired DST Root CA X3 chain.
Core: Private Keys now default to ECDSA 256 instead of RSA 2048
Core: Installed root certificate no longer required for a successful PFX build.
Tasks: Exclude root cert from default export for Apache, nginx and Generic Server fullchain option.
Community Edition: Unlicensed version will manage up to 5 managed certificates.
Fixes:
DNS: GoDaddy DNS provider fetch all result pages, fix default result page sizes
UI: Changes to preferred chain were not being saved in account editor
UI: Certificate Authority select resets if user changes to main settings tab
UI: Fix challenge credentials reset to default item on refresh of credentials list
5.9.6 : 2023/04/28
Enhancements:
DNS: New version of Microsoft Azure DNS provider.
5.9.5 : 2023/04/17
Enhancements:
Add support for STIR/SHAKEN (Secure Telephone Identity) certificates and add Martini Security (martinisecurity.com) as a built in CA.
Implement ARI support for continuous renewal info health checks
Data Stores: optionally use MS SQL Server or PostgreSQL as the data store, migrate data between stores.
CLI: implement backup import/export options
Core: Installed root certificate no longer required for a successful PFX build.
Core: Use Anvil library for ACME support
Core: Default to smaller ECDSA 256 keys for CSRs instead of old RSA 2048 default
Accounts: add support for importing and exporting account details, account key rollover and optional account deactivation on delete.
Fixes:
DNS: IONOS DNS: fix for DNS zone matching
DNS: Azure DNS: fix patching of existing txt records during add/delete
5.9.4 : 2023/02/24
Enhancements:
DNS: Implement Google Domains provider for DNS based ACME challenges.
Tasks: New deployment task to Set Private Key permissions for specific account.
Tasks: New task Update Port Binding for general TLS port binding updates.
DB: range of improvements for query performance with large collections of managed items.
Certs: new certificate OCSP and ARI health checks twice per day to test for any required early renewal.
Fixes:
Tasks: Azure Key Vault deployment task should use PFX password if set.
Tasks: Don't show remote host option if task doesn't support it.
5.9.3 : 2022/12/22
Enhancements:
Remove blocking of UI for periodic status checks, use regular background checks instead.
Fixes:
Make modern PFX algs no longer the default due to compatibility issues
Use a loopback IP for default API binding instead of localhost due to incompatibility with some hosts.
Fix preferred chain pref not being honoured is CA has a default chain set in config
5.9.2 : 2022/12/15
Enhancements:
Core: Implement continuous certificate health checks (OCSP and ARI).
Core: Relax PFX chain building so copy of the CA root is not always required.
5.9.1 : 2022/12/01
Fixes
Use standard defaults for PFX build algorithms
Fix some exception logging when CA communication fails
5.9.0 : 2022/11/29
Alpha release for upcoming V6.0
Enhancements:
General: Certify SSL Manager is now called Certify Certificate Manager
UI: Added turkish language support (thanks to Riza Emet)
DNS: Implemented Domeneshop and Infomaniak DNS providers via Posh-ACME
DNS: Add DDNSZone option for RFC2136 provider via Posh-ACME
Tasks: Breaking Change exclude root cert from default export for Apache, nginx and Generic Server fullchain option.
Core: PFX files now default to more modern key and certificate algorithm defaults. Legacy option is available as config.
Core: Refined logging details
Core: Internal ACME CAs can now optionally connect using self-signed TLS
CA: Add Sectigo (EV,DV,OV ACME endpoints) as built in CA option.
CA: Breaking Change Let's Encrypt will now default to the ISRG Root X1 chain instead of the default expired DST Root CA X3 chain.
Fixes:
DNS: GoDaddy DNS provider fetch all result pages, fix default result page sizes
UI: Changes to preferred chain were not being saved in account editor
UI: Certificate Authority select resets in advanced certificate setting user changes to main settings tab
UI: Fix challenge credentials reset to default item on refresh of credentials list
Planned Before Final Release:
*CA: Add Fallback modes- Preferred with Automatic Fallback (default), Preferred Only, Any (Random)
*UI: New optional cross-platform web interface in addition to the existing desktop UI.
*UI: new database migration UI to move from one database backend to another
*API: New APIs for custom client access
*Core: Support for running under Linux (Docker etc)
*Core/UI: Improved support for managing many thousands of certs
*Core: Nginx target support for website selection and binding deployment
*Core: Support for running on Linux, with certificates defaulting to pem format on that platform
*Core: New optional database backends for configuration storage: SQLite (default), Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL
*Core: New preference for cert expiry days (e.g. optionally expiring in less than 90 days)
Fix domain options not refreshing in UI when IIS site selected.
5.6.6 : 2022/03/17
Enhancements:
Update Posh-ACME DNS providers to v4.13.1, Add LeaseWeb plugin, update Loopia & Simply plugins
Fixes:
Fix slow refresh of domain options in UI when managing sites with many domains
Improve server connection handling if connection config is invalid
Cloudflare DNS provider improvements (multi-value TXT handling)
5.6.5 : 2022/02/02
Enhancements:
Add acmeaccounts list command to CLI to list details of currently registered acme accounts.
Fixes:
Fix performance of domain options UI when site has many bindings.
5.6.4 : 2022/01/11
Fixes:
Fix issue with non-escaped credentials when invoking Posh-ACME based DNS providers resulting in failed DNS challenge updates.
5.6.3 : 2022/01/07
Enhancements:
Edit option added for Certificate Authority accounts to update contact email address.
Fixes:
Update service connection retry logic, disable service port negotiation by default
5.6.2 : 2021/12/20
Fixes:
Revert SQLite version due to upgrade causing compatibility issues for some users.
5.6.1 : 2021/12/17
Fixes:
Installer updated to remove old references to SQLite which prevented the service from starting. Improved background service update process.
5.6.0 : 2021/12/15
Enhancements:
DNS: Added providers (via Posh-ACME) for All-Inkl, Combell, Constellix, ISPConfig, TotalUptime, UKFast, Zilore. You can now also optionally use Namecheap and DNS Made Easy via the Posh-ACME based providers.
DNS: New CNAME delegation rule option added to allow CNAME delegation of DNS challenges to a surrogate domain/zone.
Tasks: Added Azure App Service (webapp & function app) deployment, Add azure environment options to Azure KeyVault deployment.
Core: Subproblem logging for ACME errors.
Core: Custom plugins can load from %PROGRAMDATA%\plugins if plugin loading enabled (under Settings).
Misc: Use TLS 1.2 by default for AutoUpdate and Posh-ACME based powershell providers.
UI: Added server connections editor (beta).
CLI: Added acmeaccount command to register a new ACME account.
Fixes:
DNS: Azure DNS environment selection (US Gov etc).
Custom CSR: subject name not also specified in SAN list are now included in the overall list of identifiers.
IIS: SNI flags are now properly preserved if modified on Window 10/Server 2022.
5.5.7 : 2021/10/27
Enhancements:
Certificate Authorities: Update maintenance task for ZeroSSL
Migration (beta): Add option for certificate re-deployment, progress indicator
AutoUpdate (beta): Add method to update script if in use during update
DNS: Update Posh-ACME based PowerShell DNS providers
Fixes:
CLI: reduce default delay for diagnostic autofix binding deployment
Core: Improve performance when applying Auto deployment binding updates where many individual sites exist
5.5.6 : 2021/10/20
Enhancements:
Certificate Authorities: Extend maintenance task to add root cert required for ZeroSSL
Tasks: Export Certificate, Apache, nginx and Generic server deployment tasks updates with "full chain" export options.
Auto Update (beta): An example Auto Update powershell script has been included under %Program Files%\CertifyTheWeb\Scripts\AutoUpdate. Users who wish to auto update can create a Windows scheduled task (as administrator) to perform unattended updates automatically to the latest stable app version.
CLI: new activate command to activate instance license for unattended installs.
UI: Spanish translation updated (by community contributor xtarting)
Fixes:
Diagnostics: When running diagnostics from UI there is no need to check ability to create temp files
DNS: GoDaddy provider updated to fix cleanup task.
DNS: OVH provider updated to fix cleanup task (by community contributor Nuklon).
Migration (beta): Create destination cert storage path if it doesn't exist.
5.5.5 : 2021/09/24
Enhancements:
Certificate Authorities: extend maintenance task to add required Let's Encrypt and BuyPass Go roots, update old/problematic intermediate certificates. See https://docs.certifytheweb.com/docs/kb/kb-202109-letsencrypt/ for information and help regarding the Let's Encrypt root changeover (30th September 2021).
UI: allow local hostnames in cert when using custom CAs
5.5.4 : 2021/09/09
Fixes:
Fix issue saving settings changes
5.5.3 : 2021/09/09
Enhancements:
Certificate Authorities: Add new internal maintenance task to disable old/problematic intermediate certificates (e.g. the old Let's Encrypt R3). See community.certifytheweb.com for discussion around Let's Encrypts expiring R3 and DST Root CA X3 certificates. A reboot is advisable after this update to serve the non-expiring chain.
UI: Add advanced certificate options for OCSP Must-Staple and private key re-use.
UI: Add general setting for certificate store preference (recommended default remains the local machine My store).
UI: Enter key will submit domains to add to certificate (as well as clicking add button).
Fixes:
CLI: If filename not supplied for json export, a validation warning should be shown.
CLI: removing last domain from a managed certificate will remove the managed certificate as well.
Tasks: [Powershell] Add support for escaping ; and = characters in powershell args using \.
Tasks: [All] If credentials are used in a task and they fail to decrypt then an error should be returned.
Migration (beta): General updates and fixes.
5.5.2 : 2021/07/23
Enhancements:
UI: Add Duplicate right click context menu option for managed certificates list. This is useful for copying managed certificates which have tasks or other settings you want to replicate.
Fixes:
UI: Fix crash on discarded changes after attempting a Save.
5.5.1 : 2021/07/22
Enhancements:
UI: Start page updates, confirm re-request of certificates to avoid CA rate limits.
Core: Logging improvements
Fixes:
Tasks: Powershell task validation no longer treats inaccessible file as invalid.
Test: Http validation check won't error if IIS not installed.
UI: Fix images in quickstart guide
5.5.0 : 2021/07/19
Enhancements:
UI: New Summary pane on startup shows filterable counts of managed certificates by health category
CLI: New JSON output for list option, new option to add managed cert from a JSON template
Tasks: New options for PowerShell and Script tasks to optionally run as new processes
CAs: Add SSL.com to the list of built-in ACME Certificate Authorities
CSRs: Add support for various RSA key sizes
Renewals: Preference can now be either N days since last renewal or N days before expiry date.
Misc: Add update check cleanup for old setup files
Misc: Add default cleanup for old certificate file assets
Misc: Service will perform diagnostics and report if machine is running low on disk space etc. A notification will be sent to the default CA contact.
Fixes:
UI: Fix issue with multiple new DNS authorization configs incorrectly copying parameters
DNS: Fix for Cloudflare DNS provider updating existing TXT records.
CLI: Fix for renew-all-due option attempting too many items.
Core: Fix exception reading config for external cert managers
Core: ACME compatibility fixes to support more ACME CAs
Core: Ensure all auth challenges submitted even if cert order has already failed, to help with auth rate limiting.
5.4.3 : 2021/05/22
Fixes:
Fix crash when trying to change UI language when UI settings have not been previously saved.
5.4.2 : 2021/05/21
Enhancements:
Progress UI updates for DNS challenges which may be paused (Certify DNS, Manual DNS, acme-dns)
Updated docs links for DNS providers
Fixes:
Important: Fix for manual certificates (those not using IIS for the domain list) not performing standard deployment (affecting new certs created with v5.4.0, v5.4.1).
5.4.1 : 2021/05/20
Enhancements:
Certify DNS: pass subject domain to registration service for dashboard monitoring
Fixes:
Fix for manual certificates (those not using IIS for the domain list) being identified as externally managed
Fix for potential exception when using keyboard to delete a managed certificate
5.4.0 : 2021/05/18
Enhancements:
New Certify DNS service in beta. This is a new cloud based acme-dns style service and can be enabled on your certifytheweb.com License Keys tab.
Tasks: Powershell script task now has an optional parameter for max timeout minutes.
DNS: Azure DSN provider has new option for alternative azure global services
CLI: new options to add/remove domains from a given managed cert
Engineering: preparation for .net 5/.net 6 versions. Preliminary support for Windows Server 2022.
UI: New setting to manually select language for UI translations. UI now defaults to English for all users. Users keen to see translations continue should discuss on https://github.com/webprofusion/certify
Fixes:
DNS: General fixes for zone matching based on label depth.
DNS: AWS Route 53 zone paging
DNS: Cloudflare provider should not error if TXT record already exists
DNS: MS DNS provider now supports optional zoneid to avoid zone discovery process. Contributed by https://github.com/mb300sd
UI: Fix error launching browser in some environments links when clicking links.
Renewals: Failed renewals should not count against batch limit causing no renewals to be attempted.
Migration: If task script files are deleted then migration should skip them, if credentials deleted don't try to migrate them.
Revert to previous 10 managed certificates limit in Community Edition
5.3.5 : 2021/03/17
Enhancements:
IONOS DNS provider updates
DNS Made Easy DNS Provider updates
Fixes:
Refine startup window positioning when used with multiple monitors
Import CSV should migrate pre/post request scripts to deployment tasks
5.3.4 : 2021/03/04
Fixes:
Installer updates (minor)
5.3.3 : 2021/03/02
Enhancements:
Add new DNSPod (v2) provider. The old version is now deprecated due to provider API changes.
5.3.2 : 2021/02/26
Fixes:
Fix for primary domain preference not persisting when saved (first domain in list gets selected instead).
Additional refinements to configuration validation
5.3.1 : 2021/02/23
Enhancements:
Added additional ACME API request exception handling for slow or unavailable services.
Custom CA root certs can now be stored under C:\ProgramData\certify\custom_ca_certs\pem or C:\ProgramData\certify\custom_ca_certs\der, for instance to support new Let's Encrypt staging root certs or any custom/new CA root without adding to the machine trust store.
Fixes:
Fix issue where new certificate orders may not include the primary domain (automated tests)
Fix logging of identifier name during validation
Fix issuer cache refresh without restarting service
5.3.0 : 2021/02/19
Fixes:
Display IIS sites by default if either mode (website/ftp) is started
Report error if DNS validation fails during testing.
Azure DNS provider max number of DNS zones increased
Updated Posh-ACME DNS provider integrations to v4.x, retired UnoEuro provider, added Simply.com and Rimu Hosting
CLI: Add --renew-all-due option and id=<managed cert id> option to target individual items. Managed cert ID can be found under Certificate > Advanced > Actions
Initial support for IP address identifiers (requires CA support).
Report error type if problem occurs attempting to parse a custom CSR private key.
General UI Updates
5.2.1 : 2020/12/03
Fixes:
fix selection of HMAC algorithm for external account binding.
5.2.0 : 2020/11/26
⚠ Important Update for users who need to support old versions of Android on their sites.
This version provides new support for "preferred chain", this is important for users who still need to support older Android devices using their sites.
On January 11 2021 Let's Encrypt will move to a new a root certificate ISRG Root X1 which is not trusted in older versions of Android. Affected users should set their preferred chain to DST Root CA X3 either at their Let's Encrypt account level (Settings > Certificate Authorities) or on specific certificates in Certificate > Advanced > Certificate Authority.
Alternatively switch to using an alternative Certificate Authority with an existing trusted root (e.g BuyPass Go or ZeroSSL).
Other enhancements in this version:
Added ZeroSSL as a standard Certificate Authority option. To get started with ZeroSSL go to zerossl.com and create a free account, then go to Developer > EAB Credentials for ACME Clients > Generate to get your 'External Account Binding' credentials. You can then add your ZeroSSL account under Settings> Certificate Authorities, New Account. See the Advanced tab to set EAB credentials.
New support for External Account Binding - this lets you use certificate authorities which require this feature.
New settings preference UI for NTP server check (time sync diagnostic).
External certificate managers and the PFX password option features are now enabled by default.
General UI updates and bug fixes
5.1.12 : 2020/10/29
Enhancements:
Add automatic DB backup as part of daily maintenance, move all DB maintenance to daily task.
5.1.11 : 2020/10/21
Fixes:
Handle possible disk IO exception during db maintenance (low disk space or IO errors etc).
Powershell: don't use previously supplied windows credentials if no longer relevant to selected user type
Enhancements:
Add default 5 min timeout to powershell scripting and make ExecutionPolicy optional
Add ssl option flag to Exchange Deployment Task (beta - try it out if you need it).
5.1.10 : 2020/10/13
Fixes:
revert exception behaviour when managed certificate changes made during request
Certificate Store deployment task now allows blank cert friendly name
Improved handling of potentially invalid IIS site bindings (including ftp)
5.1.8 : 2020/09/18
Fixes:
Fix custom PFX credential selection UI reverting to no selection.
5.1.7 : 2020/09/14
Fixes:
Important: Service Manager (Stop/Start/Restart Service) Deployment Task regression since 5.1.3, caused stopped service to not restart.
5.1.6 : 2020/09/10
Fixes:
Update deSEC DNS provider (Posh-ACME) and fix optional parameters
Ensure concurrent updates to managed certificates list show in UI
Enhancements:
Just show release notes for versions after currently installed version.
5.1.5 : 2020/09/07
Fixes:
PowerShell execution policy preference in serviceconfig.json should be passed to deployment tasks
Fix ChallengeType reported in Webhook integrations
Don't remove script files from Program Files\CertifyTheWeb\ as some users may have custom scripts there. This is a temporary change to help with upgrades. If you have scripts stored there, move them now.
Note: Do not store custom scripts under Program Files\CertifyTheWeb, instead use a custom location which will be preserved (such as C:\CertifyScripts or C:\ProgramData\Certify\Scripts)
5.1.4 : 2020/09/03
Fixes:
ADFS deployment task fix/update
Fix option checkbox handling for various deployment task.
Catch exception if ACME registration timeout occurs
5.1.3 : 2020/08/28
Fixes:
Powershell scripting logon type for local user should use .<username> if no domain specified.
Fix PFX password choice display under Certificate > Advanced (if enabled), export/conversion of password protected PFX in deployment tasks
5.1.2 : 2020/08/21
Fixes:
SimpleDNS provider updates and fixes
Startup exception when no existing items present
5.1.1 : 2020/08/20
Fixes: Fix issue using SimpleDNS API
5.1.0 : 2020/08/19
Features:
Custom CSR (useful for SAP Netweaver and many other servers) and Custom Private Key support
RFC2136 DNS validation support via Posh-ACME and nsupdate
New Hashicorp Vault deployment task.
New Settings UI, including options to Enable/Disable preview features
CSV import now accepts 'auto' site id for auto deployment
New Tasks tab (previously under Deployment) to highlight Tasks feature
SSH/SFTP tasks now accept hostname:port to allow for custom ports.
Licensed installs can now deactivated from the UI (for decommissioning or license key changes).
Fixes:
Changes to authentication for network file copying tasks and Powershell to aid with domain/network authenticated tasks.
Certificate export updates and fixes
Misc fixes and refinements
5.0.12 : 2020/06/16
Fix: Improve integration of Posh-ACME DNS providers (fix Google Cloud etc)
5.0.11 : 2020/06/11
Fix: The advanced Re-fetch certificate feature should only be used if you have an existing cert order with the ACME CA
Fix: Settings save should not produce an error if no CA is currently selected
Fix: Default theme should still be light
Fix: (Dark mode) checkboxes not showing in domains list
Fix: if previous session used dual monitors, don't place the UI offscreen on resume with single monitor.
Fix: Add additional logging for permissions issues on service startup
5.0.10 : 2020/06/03
Fix: Fix startup exception when parsing invalid trusted root certificates from local store.
5.0.9 : 2020/06/02
Feature: Add powershell version detection to app diagnostics (PowerShell v5 or higher is required for scripting and certain deployment task functionality)
Feature: UI styling updates
Feature: Update cert revoke UI
Feature: Revised acme-dns workflow
5.0.8 : 2020/05/21
Feature: Deploy certificate to Azure Key Vault
Feature: Infoblox DNS provider via Posh-ACME
Fix: Manual DNS requests should pause and be manually resumed.
Fix: EasyDNS (Posh-ACME) parameter fixes
Fix: Service Manager deployment task bug fixes
Fix: Upgrades from very old versions should only use background service for renewals
5.0.7 : 2020/05/15
Feature: Cert Friendly name now included in results object for PowerShell scripting
Fix: Improved Ssh/Sftp handling in Deployment Tasks, Service Manager fixes and improvements
Fix: Deferred (manual) deployment tasks properly skipped during normal requests/renewals
5.0.6 : 2020/05/12
Feature: New Service manager deployment task (restart, stop or start a service)
Fix: Script task run as local service duplication removed, misc UI fixes
5.0.5 : 2020/05/09
Feature: improvements for challenge validation with non-Let's Encrypt CAs (e.g. small-step ACME)
Feature: Add basic support for viewing certs from external cert managers (win-acme and Posh-ACME)