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title: Configuring automated certificate renewal
description: Configure your MID Server and system properties to automatically renew certificates before they expire.
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release: australia
product: Discovery
classification: discovery
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Automated certificate renewal, Certificate Inventory and Management, ITOM Visibility, IT Operations Management]
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# Configuring automated certificate renewal

Configure your MID Server and system properties to automatically renew certificates before they expire.

To automatically renew your certificates before they expire, use the automated certificate renewal workflow or the certificate renewal AI agent.

In both cases, you must first configure your system for automatic renewal.

Configuring for automated certificate renewal involves the following steps:

1.  [Configure MID Server for automatic certificate renewal](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/discovery/configure-mid-server-automatic-cert-renewal.md)
2.  [Add the required applications and capabilities to your MID Server](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/discovery/add-req-apps-capabilities-to-mid-server.md)
3.  [Configure automatic certificate renewal](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/discovery/config-sys-props-for-auto-cert-renewal.md). This step is optional if you use the certificate renewal AI agent.