# Mechanism for jks reload on vhost
**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/mechanism-for-jks-reload-on-vhost/54257
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [November 30, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/mechanism-for-jks-reload-on-vhost/54257 "2019-11-30T18:02:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Tony\_Howat1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Tony_Howat1)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/mechanism-for-jks-reload-on-vhost/54257/1 "2019-11-30T18:02:58Z")
Hi all, am intending to push a letsencypt cert to wowza when it’s updated. Is there any mechanism for forcing it to recognise/reload the updated JKS file for a vhost? This is on a live service so a restart isn’t an option.
Any answers appreciated!
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### Author:  [@Taylor\_Zahora1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Taylor_Zahora1)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/mechanism-for-jks-reload-on-vhost/54257/2 "2019-12-02T15:00:33Z")
Hi Tony,
Thank you for reaching out via our Community Forum. Best practices require a server restart for an updated VHost.xml and/or new .jks to be adopted. It is common, as part of best practices, to have regular planned downtime for maintenance.
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### Author:  [@Tony\_Howat1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Tony_Howat1)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/mechanism-for-jks-reload-on-vhost/54257/3 "2019-12-03T14:57:20Z")
Thanks but that’s poor. It rules out using certbot/letsencrypt in critical services - we can’t have downtime which will kick all users off a busy platform. I’ll use a single domain cert specifically for wowza instead, but this should be flagged as a future improvement for wowza as the scenario is likely to become more common especially given the trend towards more frequent cert rotation.