Uploading the certificate onto the domain

After you receive the SSL Certificate, load the certificate onto your domain.

To load the certificate:

  1. Generate the SSL certificate request and send the request to the Certificate Authority.
    The Certificate Authority emails you the SSL certificate.

  2. Open the email from the Certificate Authority, and copy the contents onto your local system into a text authoring utility, such as Notepad.

  3. Once you have copied the contents into a text authoring utility, leave the utility open on your desktop.

  4. Start the server and log on as the Server Administrator. 

  5. In the shortcuts section of the Home page, click Import SSL Certificate (Web Server/Databases section). The Save SSL Certificate window opens.

  6. Copy the certificate information from the text authoring utility and paste it into the Certificate text box. 

  7. Click Import.

  8. To make security effective on your domain, restart the Web server. The domain is not secure until you do so.