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For certificate management HMC should be configurable and act as a ACME client for automatic cert management.
+ACME is an open standard
+It is considered a best practice when if comes to PKI and TLS security posture
+It has ongoing community-based enhancements and support
+It has reduced IT costs for organizations
The maximum validity period of TLS certificates is being reduced in line with global requirements. In the near future, certificate renewal will be required every 100 days, and later even more frequently. In this situation, manual certificate replacement across the infrastructure is not feasible, and automation using APIs is a necessity rather than a ‘nice‑to‑have’ feature.