SSL 247 are authorised strategic resellers of Verisign,GlobalSign, Geotrust and RapidSSL products

Installing your SSL Certificate / Web Server Certificate / Secure Server Certificate from ssl247.co.uk

Firstly when your issuance email arrives you will have your web server certificate in the email.

Copy your web server certificate into a text editor such as notepad and save as yourdomain.txt.

NOTE: Do not shutdown or restart the server until all steps have been completed.

Installing your Web Server Certificate

1. Sign onto the Webserver and select the server to manage.
2. Select the Security tab and then Install Certificate.
3. Select This Server, enter the password and copy the text from the yourdomain.txt to the Message Text box (including the BEGIN and END lines and all the encoded data inbetween). Click OK.
4. Accept the certificate.
5. Go to Preferences and select View Server Settings to check your security settings.
6. Click on Security
7. The Encryption On/Off page is displayed.
8. The Encryption should be On. The port number is 443.
9. Click OK in the warning box.
10. Type the password you used when you generated the key pair in the popup window.
11. Save and apply the changes.
12. Click OK to return to the previous page.
13. NOW add Server for Port 80
14. Click on Servers.
15. Select Add Server.
16. Click OK to return to the previous page.
17. Click View Server Settings to verify the settings for port 80 and port 443.

Test your certificate by connecting to your server.
Use the https protocol directive (e.g. https://your server/) to indicate you wish to use secure HTTP.

Note: The padlock icon on your Web browser will be displayed in the locked position if you have set up your site properly.