Installing OpenSSL SSL Certificate
To install a OpenSSL SSL certificate:
- Select Domain info in the Domain Settings
menu.
- Click the Edit icon in the Web Service
field.
- Enable SSL for the domain in the list.
- Agree to charges, if any.
- Click the link at the top of the form that appears.
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On the page that appears, confirm your details by clicking the Submit
button:
These data will be used to generate the certificate. Don't make changes
to the data if you are not sure about the purpose of these changes.
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Follow instructions that appear at the top of the next page.
- SSL Certificate Signing request. It includes
the details that you submitted on the previous step. Use this request
to get an SSL certificate from OpenSSL.
- SSL Server Private Key. This is the secret key
to decrypt messages from your visitors. It must be stored in a secure
place where it is inaccessible to others. Don't lose this key, you will
need it if you get a permanent certificate.
- Temporary SSL Certificate. It validates your
identity and confirms the public key to assure the visitors that they
are communicating with your server, not any other party.
- Copy the signing request and private key for later
use.
- Click Submit Query.
- Purchase an SSL certificate from us or get your own.
When requested, enter the signing request that you have saved. You will
be given an SSL certificate and a rootchain certificate.
- Save your SSL and rootchain certificates to a secure
location.
- Select Domain info in the Domain Settings
menu.
- Go to the Web Service page and click the Edit
icon in the SSL field.
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In the form that opens, enter the SSL certificate into the box Install
Certificate based on previously generated Certificate request and
click Upload:
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Enter the rootchain certificate into the box Certificate Chain File
and click Install:
- Now you can use the certificate jointly with the
private key you have saved.