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Installing an SSL certificate
- How do I install an SSL certificate for my account ?
Note: Before beginning, you will need a static (dedicated) IP for the
domain requiring SSL.
You will also need SSL access
in your WHM. Contact us and we'll activate this feature for
you. This feature is not activated by
default.
*** SAVE, BURN TO CD, AND PRINT
EVERYTHING
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1.
Go to WHM and click the "Generate an SSL Certifcate and
Signing Request" link. Fill out the form. This will give you a
RSA PRIVATE KEY which you keep
and
a
"CSR" - CERTIFICATE REQUEST key
Note: Use only
alphanumeric characters in all the fields. Note: It's very
specific about the "Host to make cert for".
(yourchoicehere.com)
Common ones people choose:
yourdomain.com http://www.yourdomain.com/ secure.yourdomain.com ssl.yourdomain.com
2.
Email will be sent from WHM to you. Go to your SSL certificate
supplier and fill out their cert form. They will require your
"CSR"
Note: Use only alphanumeric characters in all the
fields.
Web Server Type: "Apache + Mod
ssl"
Note: When copying your CSR, be sure to include the
"-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
and
-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----"
lines, but nothing before or after.
3. Wait for the emails to get to you.
READ them carefully, and click on what needs to be clicked.
4. Wait for cert to arrive in e-mail.
5. Go to WHM and click the "Install an
SSL Certificate and Setup the Domain " link. Paste the
certificate from the e-mail's sourcecode in, making sure
there is nothing above or below the certificate
code.
6. Type in the domain that the certificate
is for in the domain textbox, the username for that account in
the user box, and then the IP address for that
account.
7. Paste the RSA PRIVATE KEY you copied
from the sourcecode of the e-mail which WHM sent after filling
out the cert. & signing request form. Make sure it's the
key and not the Cert Signing Request code.
8.
Hit the submit button and wait about 5 minutes to make sure
all was well. (Apache has to restart.)
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