- On your Home page, click
Certificates in the Services group. A list of SSL certificates that you have in your repository will be displayed.
- Click
Add New Certificate. - Specify the certificate properties:
- Certificate name. This will help you identify this certificate in the repository.
- Encryption level. Choose the encryption level of your SSL certificate. We recommend that you choose a value more than 1024 bit.
- Specify your location and organization name. The values you enter should not exceed the length of 64 symbols.
- Specify the domain name for which you wish to purchase an SSL certificate. This should be a fully qualified domain name. Example: www.your-domain.com
- Enter the domain administrator's e-mail address.
- Make sure that all the provided information is correct and accurate, as it will be used to generate your private key.
- Click Request.
Your private key and certificate signing request will be generated and stored in the repository.
- Click
, download the certificate signing request (CSR) file and save it on your machine. - Once downloaded, open the file in a text editor, copy the text enclosed in lines -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST----- and -----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST----- to the clipboard.
- Using your favorite mail client software, create a new e-mail message and paste the text from the clipboard.
- Send this message to the Certification Authority that will create an SSL certificate in accordance with the information you supplied.
- When you receive your SSL certificate, save it on your local machine or network.
- Return to the SSL Certificates repository (Home > Certificates).
- Click Browse in the middle of the page and navigate to the location of the saved certificate.
- Select it, and then click Send File.
This will upload and install the certificate against the corresponding private key.
- Return to your Home page and click
Setup in the Hosting group. - Select the SSL certificate that you wish to install from the Certificate drop-down box.
If there is no Certificate drop-down box on the screen, this means that you are on a shared hosting account; therefore, you need to upgrade your hosting package and purchase a dedicated IP address from your hosting provider.
- Select the SSL support check box and click OK.