SSH / TLS

 

cPanel - SSL / TLS

     How to use this feature SSH/TLS in cPanel?

Generate Private Key

To generate a Private Key, follow these steps −

Step 1 − Open cPanel SSL/TLS Manager, by clicking on SSL/TLS found under the security section of cPanel.

Step 2 − In Private Keys, click on Generate, view, upload, or delete your private keys.

Step 3 − You can use Generate a New Private Key Interface to generate a new key.

 

Step 4 − Choose a Key Size from the dropdown menu. Provide a description which is optional, you can leave it blank.

Step 5 − Click on Generate Button to generate a new private key.

                 

Upload a Private Key

To upload a Private Key to your server, you can use the interface below to Generate a New Key section, which is to Upload a New Private Key. Just paste your existing key into the textbox and provide a description. Then click Save to import the key.

Or if you have an existing private key in ‘.key’ file, you can also import it. Just scroll down to choose a .key file under Upload a New Private Key. Browse for the file and select it. Click the Upload button to Import the key into the server.

Generate a CSR

CSR (Certificate Signing Request) is an encoded certificate, which CA authorities ask for when we purchase an SSL certificate from them. To issue a SSL certificate they need some additional information, which we provide in the CSR.

To generate a CSR, follow these steps below.

Step 1 − Click SSL/TLS link found under the Security section of the cPanel.

Step 2 − Under Certificate Signing Request (CSR) click Generate, view, or delete SSL certificate signing requests.

Step 3 − In SSL Certificate Signing Request Interface, scroll down to see Generate a New Certificate Signing Request (CSR).

Step 4 − Choose an existing Private Key from Key dropdown. You can also, choose to generate a new Private Key.

Step 5 − Enter Domains for which you want to generate CSR. You can choose a wild card domain by putting * as a subdomain. E.g. *.hostingcentre.com.

Step 6 − Provide all necessary information in text fields like City, State, Country, Company, etc.

Step 7 − Click Generate Button to generate a CSR.

 

Upload an SSL / TLS Certificate

 

To generate Upload an SSL/TLS certificate, follow these steps below −

Step 1 − Click on SSL/TLS link found under the Security section of cPanel.

Step 2 − Under Certificates (CRT), click on Generate, view, upload, or delete SSL certificates.

Step 3 − Scroll down to Upload a New Certificate, paste your SSL/TLS code in the textbox and click Save Certificate or Upload a .crt file, which will be provided by hosting provider and Click Upload Certificate.

Self–Signed Certificate

 

Step 1 − Scroll down to Generate a New Certificate in Certificates section.

Step 2 − Choose an existing Private Key from Key dropdown, you can also, choose to generate a new Private Key.

Step 3 − Enter Domains for which you want to generate CSR, you can choose a wild card domain by putting * as a subdomain. E.g. *.hostingcentre.com.

Step 4 − Provide all necessary information in text fields like City, State, Country, Company, etc.

Step 5 − Click Generate to generate a Certificate.

 

Installing SSL

To generate Upload an SSL/TLS certificate, follow these steps below.

Step 1 − Click SSL/TLS link found under the Security section of cPanel.

Step 2 − Under Certificates (CRT), click Install and Manage SSL for your site (HTTPS).

Step 3 − In this interface, you can choose to install SSL on your website. Scroll down to install an SSL Website.

Step 4 − Choose a certificate from the installed certificates by clicking on Browse Certificates. At the same time, you can also select a Domain from the dropdown box and Click Autofill by Domain.

       

Step 5 − All fields of Certificates, Private Key and Certificate Authority bundle will be filled automatically.

Step 6 − Click Install Certificate button to activate the certificate for the Domain or Subdomain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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