To install a Comodo SSL certificate:
- Select Domain info in the Domain Settings menu.
- Click the Edit icon in the Web Service field.
- Enable SSL for the domain in the list.
- Agree to charges, if any.
- Click the link at the top of the form that appears.
- On the page that appears, confirm your details by clicking
the Submit button:
These data will be used to generate the certificate. Don't
make changes to the data if you are not sure about the purpose
of these changes.
- Follow instructions that appear at the top of the next
page.
- SSL Certificate Signing request. It includes the details
that you submitted on the previous step. Use this request
to get an SSL certificate from Comodo.
- SSL Server Private Key. This is the secret key to
decrypt messages from your visitors. It must be stored
in a secure place where it is inaccessible to others.
Don't lose this key, you will need it if you get a permanent
certificate.
- Temporary SSL Certificate. It validates your identity
and confirms the public key to assure the visitors that
they are communicating with your server, not any other
party.
- Copy the signing request and private key for later use.
- Click Submit Query.
- Go to http://www.instantssl.com/products/ssl.html
and choose to get a new SSL certificate. When requested, enter the signing request that
you have saved. You will be given an SSL certificate and a rootchain certificate.
- Save your SSL and rootchain certificates to a secure location.
- Select Domain info in the Domain Settings menu.
- Go to the Web Service page and click the Edit
icon in the SSL field.
- In the form that opens, enter the SSL certificate into the box
Install Certificate based on previously generated Certificate request
and click Upload:
- Enter the rootchain certificate into the box
Certificate Chain File and click Install:
- Now you can use the certificate jointly with the private
key you have saved.
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