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Replacement

1. Obtain the new certificate from SSLMate.
2. ssh to forum.gitlab.com
3. Create backup of the certificate (replacing 2019 with whatever year the old certificate started in)

sudo cp /var/discourse/shared/standalone/ssl/ssl.crt{,.2019}

1. Copy the new certificate to the server as /var/discourse/shared/standalone/ssl/ssl.crt and change the permissions to 544 and owner to root:root
2. sudo restart app to restart discourse
3. Done!

Rollback of a replacement

Sometimes stuff goes wrong. Good thing we made a backup! :)

1. Move the new certificate in a safe place
2. Restore the old certificate by renaming or copying it back.
3. sudo restart app
4. Done!