How to Renew the Nginx SSL Certificate in SynetoOS 5

Written By Christian Castagna (Super Administrator)

Updated at June 12th, 2026

→ Applies to: SynetoOS 5.x

 

Step 1. Connect to SynetoOS appliance via SSH as admin

ssh admin@<your_ip_address_or_hostname>

 

Step 2. Become Super User

sudo su

 

Step 3. Renew the certificate for 365 days

openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 \
-keyout /etc/nginx/cert/server.key \
-out /etc/nginx/cert/server.crt

The command will prompt for some information, which can be left blank


Step 4. Restart ngnix.service

systemctl restart nginx.service

 

Step 5. Check the validity period of the new certificate

openssl s_client -connect IP_DELLA_MACCHINA:443 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -noout -dates