# Module Certificate Question

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-certificate-question/54215>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [December 16, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-certificate-question/54215 "2021-12-16T20:48:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![tim.schultz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@tim.schultz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tim.schultz)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-certificate-question/54215/1 "2021-12-16T20:48:33Z")

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In the Module Configuration page, I see that we have a (nullexpired certificate). Does anyone know the ramifications of that, and how we resolve it?

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-certificate-question/54215/2 "2021-12-16T20:59:26Z")

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Upgrade to a current version of Ignition. There’s no way to change the expiration of the certificates of old software. It isn’t a breakage situation, though.

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**Author:** ![tim.schultz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@tim.schultz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tim.schultz)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-certificate-question/54215/3 "2021-12-16T21:13:05Z")

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It is not old software though - this is Ignition 8.1.9, installed on a brand VM created in March.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-certificate-question/54215/4 "2021-12-16T22:10:31Z")

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We updated our code signing cert in 8.1.11 (the new one expires 2024).

This doesn’t have any meaningful impact on security and is not enforced by the platform in any way.

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**Author:** ![tim.schultz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@tim.schultz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tim.schultz)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-certificate-question/54215/5 "2021-12-16T22:47:10Z")

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Thanks Paul. I wasn’t sure if this would affect the internal OPC module or anything.