Installing an SSL Certificate on Apache on Cobalt RaQ4/XTR

Part one: Install the site certificate

1. Go to the Server Management screen.
2. Click the green icon (Wrench for RaQ4, Pencil for XTR) next to the SSL enabled virtual site
3. Click SSL Settings on the left side.
4. Copy the entire contents of the site certificate that you received by email, including
   -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
   and
   -----END CERTIFICATE-----
5. Paste the new certificate information that you copied into the Certificate window.
6. Open the pull-down menu and select Use manually entered certificate.

7. Click Save Changes.

   

8. We recommend that you back up your site certificate as YourDomainName.crt. Save it on your Web server in the directory with your other certs and CSRs, and on another computer or storage device.

Part two: Install the Intermediate Certificate

Intermediate certificates link your site certificate to the original Certificate Authority. They allow your visitors' browsers to recognize your certificate as authentic.

1. Confirm which certificate you purchased, and determine which set of Intermediate certificate(s) to download.

   To confirm which certificate you purchased, review your order confirmation.

   • If you purchased SBS Instant, download set A below.

   • If you purchased SBS Secure or Secure Plus, download set B below.

   A -- SBS Instant

   • Instant Validation SBS Intermediate 2 CA
   • Instant Validation AddTrust Intermediate 1 CA

   -OR-

   B -- SBS Secure and Secure Plus

   • Full Validation Intermediate CA

2. Save the certificates to your Web server. We recommend that you save them to the same directory where you saved the certificate for your domain name.

3. Open the Intermediate cert or certs in text editors. This must be an editor that will not add extra characters, like Textpad or Notepad.

4. Open another text editor, with a blank document.

5. Copy the Intermediate cert or certs into the blank document. If you purchased SBS Instant, copy *1CA.crt first, *2CA.crt second.

6. Save the new document. We recommend you save it to the same directory as httpd.conf, and name it ca.txt.

7. Add or edit the following line in the SSL section of httpd.conf (assuming /etc/httpd/conf is the directory to where you have copied the Secure Business Services intermediate file):

   SSLCACertificateFile /etc/httpd/conf/ca.txt

   Note: If you are using a different location and certificate file names you will need to change the path and file name to reflect the path and file name that you are using.

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