GeoTrust DV Plan + Automate combines the trusted GeoTrust Domain Validated (DV) SSL certificate with fully automated certificate lifecycle management, providing a reliable and efficient solution for securing your website, server, or application with continuous HTTPS protection.

Unlike a traditional DV SSL certificate, GeoTrust DV Plan + Automate automates every stage of the certificate lifecycle, including certificate issuance, domain validation, installation, deployment, and renewal. Once configured, the service continuously manages your certificate in the background, ensuring uninterrupted HTTPS security while eliminating the need for manual renewals.

This product is currently still being implemented. Unlike our other certificates, the service will not be activated immediately after the order is completed, but within the following 24 hours.

What is ACME?

ACME (Automatic Certificate Management Environment) is the industry-standard protocol for automating SSL/TLS certificate management. It enables servers, applications, and automation platforms to communicate securely with the Certificate Authority, allowing certificates to be requested, validated, installed, deployed, and renewed automatically. By eliminating repetitive manual tasks, ACME significantly reduces administrative effort while minimising the risk of human error.

Why ACME automation matters

The SSL/TLS industry is moving toward progressively shorter certificate validity periods as part of a broader effort to improve Internet security. As certificates require increasingly frequent renewal, manually managing SSL certificates quickly becomes time-consuming and increases the likelihood of configuration errors or unexpected certificate expiration.

With ACME automation, your infrastructure continuously monitors certificate validity and renews certificates automatically before they expire. This guarantees uninterrupted HTTPS protection, reduces operational overhead, minimises the risk of service outages caused by expired certificates, and helps organisations remain compliant with current browser security requirements and industry best practices.

Key features

• Domain Validated (DV) SSL certificate for a single domain.
• Fast certificate issuance following domain validation.
• Industry-standard encryption up to 256-bit.
• Fully automated certificate request, validation, installation, deployment, and renewal.
• ACME-compatible for seamless integration with a wide range of web servers, hosting platforms, load balancers, DevOps pipelines, and automation tools.
• Supports standard ACME validation methods, including HTTP-01 and other compatible challenge types.
• Compatible with Apache, NGINX, Microsoft IIS, and many other ACME-enabled environments.
• Automatic certificate renewal before expiration, ensuring continuous HTTPS availability.
• Excellent compatibility with all major browsers, mobile devices, and operating systems.
• GeoTrust Secure Site Seal included.

Why choose GeoTrust DV Plan + Automate?

GeoTrust DV Plan + Automate is the ideal solution for businesses, hosting providers, IT professionals, developers, and system administrators who want to simplify SSL certificate management while ensuring continuous website security. By combining the trusted GeoTrust DV certificate with standards-based ACME automation, it eliminates repetitive administrative tasks, reduces operational costs, minimises the risk of certificate-related downtime, and delivers reliable HTTPS protection with virtually no manual intervention.

Whether you need to secure www.example.com, portal.example.com, mail.example.com, or any other individual hostname, GeoTrust DV Plan + Automate provides automated, standards-based certificate management that keeps your services protected. At the same time, ACME transparently handles the entire certificate lifecycle in the background.