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Installing an SSL certificate through the cPanel interface

Learn how to install an SSL certificate via cPanel. Step-by-step guide for authentication, domain selection, and inserting the necessary files.

Views 1515Updated 2 aniPublished on 16/07/2021by Eduard K.

Introduction

 This article will show you how to install an SSL certificate

Requirements

  • a cPanel account
  • Certificate files with the three specific elements:
  • certificate,  private-key,  ca-bundle,  which are usually found in three files with or without extensions, with their specific names, sometimes they are compressed into a single archive (.zip), obtained online from the issuing institution or the company from which you purchased that SSL.
  • A simple text editor such as Notepad to open each of the three component files of the SSL, from which all the text will be copied row by row (select all + copy) -> later to be pasted in the fields mentioned in the steps section below.
  • Optional - an unarchiving program (usually included in the operating system) - necessary in case the files are sent to you in an archive.

Steps 

  • We will authenticate in the control panel with the related account credentials.

                      Cpanel login

  • We select SSL/TLS from the SECURITY menu.

ssl tls

  • Select Manage SSL sites from the MENU: Install and Manage SSL for your site (HTTPS)

Manage ssl

  • We select the domain that we want to install the SSL certificate.

Add domain

  • We copy the 3 parts of the certificate (certificate, private-key, ca-bundle) into the box corresponding to each entry.

Certificat ssl cpanel

  • After the insertion of the 3 specific elements of the SSL certificate, we will press the "install certificate" button
  • Attention !!! Copying will be done even with special characters at the beginning and end of the text:                  

      -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----

 

      -----END CERTIFICATE----- 

  • If the certificate has been successfully installed, we will receive the following confirmation message:

Certificat SSL

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