sslcert

An SSL Certificate is a digitally signed certificate that establishes the identity of a website and uses encryption to send data to the website. The certificate is issued by a trusted authority known as a Certificate Authority (CA) and typically contains information like the Owner's name, Name of issuer,  the certificate holder's public key and an expiration date. 

SSL Certificates are generally used when a website wants to accept sensitive information like passwords, credit card details and other sensitive information.

 You can view a website's SSL Certificate by clicking on the lock icon in the address bar of a browser.

Types of SSL Certificates.

offers the following types of certificates:

• Comodo SSL
• Positive SSL
• Positive SSL Wildcard
• EV SSL

Comodo SSL and Positive SSL provide security for one Domain Name and is best suited for small websites and blogs. Positive SSL Wildcard provides security for the primary Domain Name as well as its sub-domains, and is best suited for large e-commerce websites.

Generating a CSR is the first step you must perform in order to apply for an SSL Certificate.

This can be done from your web server control panel, and requires you to enter the following details about your website and organization:

• Organization Name
• Organizational unit: This describes the type of your organization. For e.g. Sole Proprietorship, Government Department, Public (Listed) Company, Private (Unlisted) Company, etc.
• Country Code
• State or Province
• Locality
• Common Name: This is the domain name for which you have purchased the SSL Certificate.

Once you enter these details, you will receive an encoded file – your CSR. This CSR can now be used to submit your SSL Certificate application to the Certificate Authority.

How to generate a CSR on a specific web server

If your website is hosted with then click here to generate a CSR.
If your website is hosted with another provider then depending upon your web server/control panel click on the link below:

• Cpanel

• Plesk

• Microsoft IIS 5.x & 6.x

• Microsoft IIS 7.x

• Apache & mod_ssl

• NGINX

• OS X Yosemite (10.10) Server

• Others

After your SSL Certificate is issued it will be available in your control panel. You can locate and install it by following the steps below.

Locate your SSL Certificate

Step 1: Log in to your control panel. Learn how

Step 2: Navigate to the Order Information view.

 Type the Domain Name of the order in the search field on the homepage, select Order from the drop down and click on the Search button.

Step 3: Retrieve your SSL Certificate.       

In the Order Information view, click on View certificate details.

A pop-up will display your certificate as shown below:

Install your SSL Certificate

Depending upon the web server where you intend to install your SSL Certificate, you need to refer to the appropriate instructions below:

Cpanel

Plesk

Microsoft IIS 5.x & 6.x

Microsoft IIS 7.x

Apache

NGINX

OS X Lion (10.7) Server

Others