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Installing an SSL Certificate in Plesk

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Last Updated: October 19, 2009 3:22 PM

After your certificate request is approved, you can download your SSL and intermediate certificate from within the SSL application. For more information see Downloading Your SSL Certificate. Both of these files must be installed on your Web server.

You may also download the certificate bundle from the repository.

To Install SSL and Intermediate Certificates in Plesk 8.x

  1. Log in to the Plesk Control Panel.
  2. From the left-hand menu, select Domains.
  3. Click on the domain name that the certificate is issued for.
  4. Click on the Certificates menu item.
  5. Click Browse and locate your signed SSL certificate.
  6. Select the certificate file and then click Send File.
  7. Navigate to the location of the saved site certificate you received from us. Select it, then select Send File - this will upload and install the certificate against the corresponding private key.
  8. On the displayed list, click on the name of the certificate.
  9. Open the certificate bundle (gd_bundle.crt) in a text editor and copy and paste its contents into the box labeled CA Certificate.
  10. Click the Send Text button.
  11. Click Up Level; then choose Setup.
  12. At the top of the page, change the SSL Certificate drop-down menu to the certificate you have just installed.
  13. Click the Server item from the left-hand menu.
  14. Click Service Management.
  15. Stop and Start the Apache process.

    NOTE: Simply restarting Apache will not work. Stop the service and start the service again to complete the installation.

To Install SSL and Intermediate Certificates in Plesk 9.x

  1. Log in to the Plesk Control Panel.
  2. From the left-hand menu, select Domains.
  3. Click on the domain name that the certificate is issued for.
  4. Click on the Certificates menu item.
  5. Click Browse and locate your signed SSL certificate.
  6. Select the certificate file and then click Send File.
  7. Navigate to the location of the saved site certificate you received from us. Select it, then select Send File - this will upload and install the certificate against the corresponding private key.
  8. On the displayed list, click on the name of the certificate.
  9. Open the certificate bundle (gd_bundle.crt) in a text editor and copy and paste its contents into the box labeled CA Certificate.
  10. Click the Send Text button.
  11. Click Up Level.
  12. Click Up Level again.
  13. Select Web Hosting Settings.
  14. At the top of the page, change the SSL Certificate field to the certificate you just installed and then click OK.
  15. Click Home.
  16. Click Service Management.
  17. Stop and Start the Apache process.