158 Serving Your Customers
Obtaining and Installing SSL Certificates from Other
Certification Authorities
To secure a site with an SSL certificate from other certificate authorities:
1 Click the Domains shortcut in the navigation pane.
2 Click the required domain name in the list.
3 Click Certificates in the Services group. A list of SSL certificates that you
have in your repository will be displayed.
4 Click Add New Certificate.
5 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.
6 Make sure that all the provided information is correct and accurate, as
it will be used to generate your private key.
7 Click Request. Your private key and certificate signing request will be
generated and stored in the repository.
8 In the list of certificates, click the name of the certificate you need. A
page showing the certificate properties opens.
9 Locate the CSR section on the page, and copy the text that starts with
the line -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST----- and ends with the line -----END
CERTIFICATE REQUEST----- to the clipboard.
10 Visit the Web site of the certification authority from which you want to
purchase an SSL certificate, and follow the links on their site to start a
certificate ordering procedure. When you are prompted to specify CSR
text, paste the data from the clipboard into the online form and click
Continue. The certification authority will create an SSL certificate in
accordance with the information you supplied.
11 When you receive your SSL certificate, save it on your local machine
or network.
12 Return to the SSL Certificates repository (Domains > domain name >
Certificates).
13 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.
14 Return to the domain's administration screen (Domains > domain name)
and click Setup in the Hosting group.
