A step-by-step guide to generate CSR & installing SSL on your Plesk 12 Server
Generating CSR Code and Installing an SSL Certificate on Plesk 12 is a fairly straight-forward process—as long as you have a guide.
Fortunately, you’ve found one. Just pay attention, follow the steps in this guide and we’ll have your SSL Certificate installed in no time.
Before we get going though, you’ll need to have your SSL Certificate issued. If you haven’t gotten it issued, it’s no big deal, here’s a quick run-down of what to do for CSR generation.
- Log in to your Plesk Panel.
- Go to the “Websites & Domains” tab and choose which domain you’d like to secure.
- Click “Secure your Sites,” there should be a little certificate icon next to the option.
- Click on the “Add SSL Certificate” Button.
- On the following page, enter your Certificate Name and then fill in the required information (Country, State or Province, Location (City), Organization Name, Organization Department or Division Name, Domain Name and Email).
- Click “Request.”
- A new record will be added, this will include your private key and your CSR.
- Select your CSR and submit it to the CA for SSL Activation.
Now that you have your Certificate issued, you’re ready to install it on your Plesk 12 server.
- Log in to your Plesk Panel.
- Go to the “Websites and Domains” tab and choose which domain you’d like to secure.
- Click on “Secure your Sites.”
- Select the SSL Certificate that was just created when you generated your CSR.
- On the following page, select the “Upload Certificate Files” section. Click the “Browse” button and locate the certificate and CA bundle files on your computer. The file will have the .crt extension, bundle one can be .crt or .ca-bundle. After both files are selected, choose “Send Files.”
Note: You can also copy and paste the two files into the corresponding boxes under “Upload the Certificates as Text.”
- Go back to the “Websites and Domains” tab and click “Hosting Settings” beside the Domain you’re securing.
- On the following page, in the “Security Section,” select the certificate from the drop-down tab and check “SSL Support.”
- Click the “OK” button at the bottom of the page to save your changes.
- You can check that the installation was a success at: https://comodosslstore.com/ssltools/ssl-checker.php
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