How to Setup Your Newly Purchased SSL Cert.
This tutorial will guide you on how to complete your SSL purchase.
- Please login to cPanel -> SSL/TLS Manager
- Under "Certificate Signing Requests (CSR)" Click on "Generate, view, or delete SSL certificate signing requests."
- Please fill up the form.
Key: Select 2048bit key.
Domains: Enter your domain name that you wish to install the SSL for example "abc.com" or "www.abc.com". Please enter only one.
City: Your current city
State: Your current state
Country: Your current country
Company: Your company name.
Company Division: For example "Sales" or "Marketing"
Email: Your email
Passphrase: A random password.
After that click on "Generate". You will get something like below:
Please copy the enter CSR into a notepad or text editor for later use.
- Go to Client Area -> Services -> My Services -> Look for your SSL service -> Click on "View Details"
- Now click on "View Certificate Details"
- Click on "Configure Certificate"
- For webserver type select "cPanel"
- Copy and Paste the enter CSR code into CSR field.
- Click on Continue, you will reach a page which ask you to select a validation email address. Please select the one that is working. Usually we recommend customer to use admin@abc.com . Please make sure this email has been created in your cPanel.
- After that, click Continue. In few minutes time, you will receive an email from SSL Provider to your admin@abc.com for approval.
- Please click on the link in the email and approve it.
- Once you approved it, you will receive another email with the Certificates code and INTERMEDIATE CA.
- Now login back to your cPanel -> SSL/TLS Manager -> Private Keys (KEY) -> Generate, view, upload, or delete your private keys. -> Click on View and Edit -> Copy everything inside "Encoded Private Key:" Text box.
- Now login back to your cPanel -> SSL/TLS Manager -> Install and Manage SSL for your site (HTTPS) -> Manage SSL sites. ->
Domain: Select The domain that you wish to install SSL
Certificate: (CRT) : Copy and paste from the Step 12, for example below:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Private Key: (KEY): Paste from Step 13, for example below:
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----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-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
Certificate Authority Bundle: (CABUNDLE): It is located after the Cert in the SSL confirmation email. (Step 12) For example below:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
- Click on "Install Certificate" and done.
Updated on: 10/12/2018
Thank you!