What's Happening?
During May 2018 we're changing Certificate Authorities (CA's) and migrating our domain's security certificates from GlobalSign to Let's Encrypt.What's Affected?
All mid.as domains and *.mid.as sub domains (including our cloud-hosted customer's domains)Why Is This Happening?
Switching to Let's Encrypt allows to simplify and automate the management of security certificates across our network.Will I Notice Anything Different?
In short, probably not!In order to migrate our CA from GlobalSign to Let's Encrypt, we'll need to remove the current GlobalSign (AlphaSSL) certificate from each *.mid.as domain and generate a new Let's Encrypt certificate in its place:
This process can take a few minutes, during which time the particular *.mid.as domain being migrated may temporarily become inaccessible or warn of an invalid security certificate.
If this happens, don't worry - simply check back again in a few moments and you should be able to access again as normal.
We'd also like to reassure you that no domains, URLs, or IP addresses are changing as a result of this CA migration.
If you experience any issues or have any concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out to us and we'll be happy to help!
A note for cloud-hosted API users
Whilst unlikely, depending upon your code and development platform/language, you may initially receive a certificate warning/error when making API calls once the security certificate for your dedicated *.mid.as subdomain has been migrated, which may prevent your code/app from working until you accept the new security certificate.Also, in some rare cases, you may not be able to access the API if your platform/device is listed as incompatible in Let's Encrypt certificate compatibility list.
Finally, please be aware that Let's Encrypt issues auto-renewing certificates which are valid for fixed periods of 90 days.