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title: "Certero Provisioning: The Default SSL Certificate"
canonical: "https://ai-docs.certero.com/space/CUP/118918710/Certero%20Provisioning%3A%20The%20Default%20SSL%20Certificate"
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Certero Provisioning Services website is configured during the setup routine with a single HTTPS binding. 

This is a self-signed SSL certificate is installed for first use and will eventually expire. 

It is strongly recommend that this first-use certificate is [replaced with a signed certificate ](https://help.certero.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360001079858-Certero-Provisioning-Adding-SSL-Certificates)that matches the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the server.