Setting certificate authority duration

Published on Sep 10, 2026

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To set the duration of the Endpoint Security (HX) certificate authority (CA):

Enable CLI configuration mode.

hostname > enable
hostname # configure terminal

Specify the CA duration, in days:
```
hostname (config) # hx pki server ca-days <days>
                  
```
where <days> is the number of days that the Endpoint Security (HX) CA remains active. Valid values range from 0 and 65535 days. The default is 7300 days.
To set the duration back to the default, use the no form of this command:
```
hostname (config) # no hx pki server ca-days
                  
```

Save your changes:

hostname (config) # write memor

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