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Can I change a client's certificate mode after setup?

For a client set up recently the question does not arise: the wizard no longer asks, and every authority it creates issues both user and device certificates. There is nothing to change.

A client set up before that change may be on one kind only, and the wizard cannot widen it — the choice was offered when the authority was created and never again, which is exactly why it was removed. Which mode a client is on is shown beside its name on the client page, so the answer is at least visible.

If one of those needs widening, raise a ticket. It is safe: the same authority signs both kinds, so no certificate already issued is affected and no device has to re-enrol. What changes is that you are then offered a user profile as well as a device profile.

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