HOW TO INSTALL YOUR SSL CERTIFICATE ON TRUEHOST CPANEL

Even when your domain is registered with other registrar what matters is who hosts your domain.

To access Cpanel and install SSL certificate is easy. There are two ways:

i)When you have a certificate from other  certificate provider or if you already have the ssl certificate file

  • Login to Cpanel using details provided on NEW ACCOUNT INFORMATION
  • Go to SSL/TLS Manager on left side  panel
  • Go to section with certificate and click link below it
  • Go to category “install a new certificate”
  • Click browse and choose the certificate file (the certificate file must bear .crt)
  • Enter the domain name for which the certificate is to be installed
  • Click install certificate

 

ii) When you want to generate the certificate and install it

  • Login to Cpanel using details provided on NEW ACCOUNT INFORMATION
  • Go to SSL/TLS Manager on left side  panel
  • Go to section with certificate and click link below it
  • Go to category “generate a new certificate”
  • Under key Select ” generate a new2048 bit key”
  • Fill in required details such as domain name, city, state, country, your company name, company division, valid email address, add description as a unique way to identify the certificate
  • Click generate button
  • You shall receive encoded certificate details and encoded key copy these details separately for storage.
  • To install Click return to SSL/TLS Manager
  • Go to category “install and manage SSL for your site”
  • Click the link” manage SSL sites”
  • Select /enter your domain name
  • On the certificate space, enter the encoded certificate message you generated earlier
  • On the private key space, enter the encoded private key you generated earlier
  • Leave the certificate authority bundle blank
  • Enable SNI for mail server by ticking on its box
  • Click install certificate.
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