What are User-Managed SSL Certificates?
When you set up an SSL certificate in your IONOS account for use with a root server or other relevant package, you are also responsible for installing and periodically renewing the certificate. Because of this, these types of certificates are also called user-managed SSL certificates.
If, on the other hand, you set up an SSL certificate for a web hosting package or other website solution from IONOS, the installation and maintenance of the certificate is done for you fully automatically. Accordingly, such a certificate is called an IONOS-managed SSL certificate.