To purchase an SSL certificate through MyPleskCom online store and secure your site:
- 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 Buy Certificate.
Your private key and certificate signing request will be generated — do not delete them. MyPlesk.com login page will open in a new browser window.
- Register or login to an existing MyPlesk.com account and you will be taken step by step through the certificate purchase procedure.
- Choose the type of certificate that you wish to purchase.
- Click Proceed to Buy and order the certificate.
- In the Approver E-Mail drop-down box, please select the correct Approver e-mail.
The approver e-mail is an e-mail address that can confirm that certificate for specific domain name was requested by an authorized person.
Once your certificate request is processed, GeoTrust, Inc. will send you a confirmation e-mail. After they receive the confirmation from you, they will send the certificate to your e-mail.
- When you receive your SSL certificate, save it on your local machine or network.
- Return to the SSL Certificates repository (Home > Certificates).
- Click Browse and navigate to the location of the saved certificate.
- Select the saved certificate, 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.