An SSL certificate is a feature that allows your website to transfer information securely over the internet. It is essential if you plan on collecting personal information like credit card information on your website. You can add one to your account by following the steps below. This article will show you how to purchase and manually install an SSL Certificate.
Click the “configure” button next to the domain for which you just purchased the SSL.
Fill in your hostname in the field and click “proceed.”
Confirm your hostname and click “No, I will install it manually myself.”
Step 3: Generate and upload a CSR
A CSR (Certificate of Signing Request) is an encrypted certificate containing your personal information. It is used to obtain an SSL certificate. Follow the steps in this article to manually generate a CSR.
After you generate your CSR, upload it by clicking “Upload CSR File”
Step 4: Verify certificate details and click “Proceed.”
If you are not using WestHost nameservers, you will need to add the CNAME given to you and then click “Verify CNAME Changes” This process will take up to 24 hours to complete.
After the CNAME changes are verified, click proceed.
Step 5: Allow time for the certificate to validate
After the certificate details have been verified, the account with go through a few validation steps. First, it will validate with Comodo. Then an SSL will be generated. These processes can take several hours to complete, but you can check the status of your certificate at any time from the status screen.
When the validation has been completed, the status page will inform you that your SSL certificate has been successfully installed.
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In the Microsoft Management Console window, click on "Certificates (Local Computer)". Right-click on the "Trusted Root Certificate Authorities" in the left pane and select "All Tasks" and then "Import". Click "Next" in the "Certificate Import Wizard". Browse to where you saved the Securly certificate and select it.
To test whether the SSL installation is successful, you can try visiting your site from different browsers and see if the URL has been appropriately changed to HTTPS protocol. The security information is displayed on the browser, as explained earlier.
Technically, anyone can create their own SSL certificate by generating a public-private key pairing and including all the information mentioned above. Such certificates are called self-signed certificates because the digital signature used, instead of being from a CA, would be the website's own private key.
In the left pane of the console, double-click Certificates (Local Computer). Right-click Personal, point to All Tasks, and then select Import. On the Welcome to the Certificate Import Wizard page, select Next. On the File to Import page, select Browse, locate your certificate file, and then select Next.
Open Command Prompt and type mmc and hit Enter to open MMC. Go to File menu, click Add/Remove Snap In, and add the Certificates snap-in for Local Computer. Once added, right-click in the middle window and select All Tasks > Import. Once imported, the certificate should show up under Local Computer and not Current User.
Under Install and Manage SSL for your site (HTTPS), click Manage SSL Sites. Scroll down to the Install an SSL Website and click Browse Certificates. Select the certificate that you want to activate and click Use Certificate.
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