Control Panel Certificate Creation

On this page you can generate a self-signed certificate, certificate-signing request, purchase a SSL certificate, and add the certificate parts to an existing certificate.

A default SSL certificate is already installed for your Control Panel, however this certificate will not be recognized by any browser as the one, signed by a certificate signing authority. It is recommended that the default SSL certificate be replaced by either a self-signed certificate or one signed by a recognized certificate signing authority.

Note: when acquiring or generating new certificates, make sure that the values you enter into the fields 'domain name', 'email address', 'state or province', 'location', 'organization name', and 'department name' do not exceed the limit of 64 symbols.

Generating a self-signed certificate

To generate a self-signed certificate follow these steps:

  1. Specify the certificate name.
  2. The Bits selection allows you to choose the level of encryption of your SSL certificate. Select the appropriate number from the drop-down list.
  3. Select a country from the drop-down list
  4. Specify the state or province, location (city).
  5. Enter the appropriate organization name and department/division in the field provided.
  6. Enter the Domain Name for which you wish to generate the self-signed certificate.
  7. Specify the Administrator's E-mail address.
  8. Click on the Self-Signed button. Your self-signed certificate will be immediately added to the repository.

Generating a Certificate Signing Request

To generate a certificate signing request (CSR) follow these steps:

  1. Specify the certificate name.
  2. The Bits selection allows you to choose the level of encryption of your SSL certificate. Select the appropriate number from the drop-down list.
  3. Select a country from the drop-down list
  4. Specify the state or province, location (city).
  5. Enter the appropriate organization name and department/division in the field provided.
  6. Enter the Domain Name for which you wish to generate the certificate signing request.
  7. Select the Request button. A certificate signing request will be generated and added to the repository. You will be able to add the other certificate parts later on.

Purchasing a Certificate

To purchase a new certificate follow these steps:

  1. Specify the certificate name.
  2. The Bits selection allows you to choose the level of encryption of your SSL certificate. Select the appropriate number from the drop-down list.
  3. Select your country from the drop-down list.
  4. Enter your State or Province, your Location (City), Organization Name (Company), organization department (division name)
  5. Enter the Domain Name for which you wish to purchase a SSL certificate.
  6. Enter the domain administrator's e-mail address in the appropriate field.
  7. Select the Buy Cert button. You will be taken step by step through the purchase procedure. It is important to note that you must make sure that all the provided information is correct and accurate, as it will be used to generate the private key. When using to purchase your SSL certificate you will receive the certificate file via e-mail from the certificate signing authority.

Uploading certificate parts

If you have already obtained a certificate containing private key and certificate part (and may be CA certificate), follow these steps to upload it:

  1. In the Upload certificate files section of the page, use the Browse button to locate the appropriate certificate file or a required certificate part.
    NOTE: Your certificate can be contained within one or several files, so you may upload the certificate by parts or as a single file, selecting it in several fields ( will recognize the appropriate certificate parts and upload them correspondingly).
  2. Click Send File. This will upload your certificate parts to the repository.

You can upload an existing certificate in two ways:

Click on the Up Level icon or the appropriate shortcut to return to the previous page.