iOS distribution certificate is expiring soon. What are the next steps? [closed]

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I found several topics about the subject here and here and I have additional questions. My distribution certificate will expire soon (in several days). From the documentation and related posts I can assume:

1. My already published at the apple store apps will not be affected.
2. My push certificates will not be affected and pushed apps will continue to send/receive pushes
3. I need to re-generate the distribution certificate and provisioning profile if I want to publish an app update (or another app)

Here my questions:

1. The main and most annoying question is should I re-generate this certificate EVERY year? (it is valid for only 1 year)
2. Should I re-generate distribution certificate and provisioning profile ONLY or I should re-create AppId as well?
3. If AppId is affected then should I re-generate push-certificates which are already in use by our back-end system (and as a result re-publish back-end with the new certificate)?
4. After the expiration date can I REVOKE and DELETE all the certificates from the apple store certificate management center because there is no use of them?

Could anybody confirm my suggestions and clarify my questions?

Answer 1

Yes you can revoke and then re-ask a new certificate. You then have to update the provisionning profiles with the new certificat, and it's ready ;)

Trust me, I did it much times.