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Install SSL certificate on cPanel

Install SSL certificate on cPanel

SSL Certificates create a secure connection between your browser and server to ensure all data transfer is totally encrypted and safe. You can find a green secure padlock on the left side of the URL if any website has installed the SSL.

 

 

To install SSL certificate on cPanel we need,

1) Public key (Must be installed on the server)

2) Certificate: (CRT)

3) Certificate Authority Bundle: (CABUNDLE)

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To get Public Key : Log in to cPanel

Go to Security Tab => SSL/TLS Manager

Click on : “Generate, view, upload, or delete your private keys.”

Click “Generate Button”

 

Return to SSL Manager

Point 1 is done here

Now to get (2 and 3) i.e “CRT” and “CABUNDLE”, we have to request a to Certificate Authority like commode and other...

 

For that, we have to create a “Certificate Signing Requests” (CSR)

Domains: name or our domain to install SSL ex. your_domain.com

City: “Your_city”

State: “Your_state”

Country: “Your_country”

Company: “Your_company”

ignore other fields and click on “Generate”

Copy: “Encoded Certificate Signing Request” to somewhere

Click on Return to SSL Manager

Click on Buy SSL

Buy any plan: Click On Next Step

Sign in to Your Account

It will ask for payment: Keep selected “Pay via your preferred method”

And click on “Complete Order”

Click On “Generate” (Very first entry, the current status will be Incomplete)

In Paste your CSR : Textarea: Paste “Encoded Certificate Signing Request”

Then click on validate CSR

Select validation method : HTTP

Click on Next Step

A form will ask certain information to fill.

Click on “Complete Generation”

Click on “Install HTTP Hash File”

Click on “Download File”

Now got to cPanel: File Manager in public_html create a folder: like this: http://your_domain.com/.well-known/pki-validation/

And upload that downloaded file (By this it will verify that this server is ours)

Note: File should be open at http://your_domain.com/.well-known/pki-validation/8DC92976708D1BB86B9DC8266C3EE45C.txt

Then click on “Revalidate” Button

 

Click on View Button

Download CRT and CA (There will be two buttons)

Open both files in any editor

Click on “Manage SSL sites”

Select our Domain

Paste CRT and CABUNDLE code there in texture from those downloaded files

Then click on “Autofill” by Domain button

Click on “Install Certificate”

 

 

 

Now check site will be accessible via https.

Set forcefully redirecting to https via .htaccess file

## forcefully redirection to https ##

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]

RewriteRule (.*) https://www.emaadinfotech.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]