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.
