SSL Installation Guides, Learn How to Install SSL Certificate

• Generating CSR
• Save Private key & CSR
• Validating your Domain
• Document validation (Only for EV & OV customers)
• SSL Issuance
• Download SSL Certificate Files

Once you purchased and completed the above steps such as generating CSR and private key, your SSL/TLS Certificate will be issued. Now, the main part is installing the SSL; if you don’t complete this step and keep it pending or fail to do so, then it doesn’t make any sense. As per the records, we have seen a lot of times people purchase the SSL, but they forget to install it, and we don’t want you to put through the same risk.

Installing an SSL/TLS Certificate is one of the crucial points which shouldn’t be taken lightly. If the SSL/TLS Certificate is not installed, your website is open to attacks such as APT (Advanced Persistent Threats), Malware, Man-in-the-middle attack, Direct hacker attacks.

Apart from this, Google has made it mandatory for a website to have an SSL/TLS Certificate installed and if anyone fails to imply with that policy, popular browsers such as Google Chrome & Mozilla Firefox, show the Not Secured warning to website visitors, which can make a negative impact.

On the other hand, some of the advantage you receive by installing an SSL/TLS Certificate is like, Authenticity of your website data, which guarantees to users that your website is trustworthy, and nothing has been altered. Confidentiality, which assures that all the activity done on your website is safe & encrypted and not visible to any cyber-criminals. Moreover, it also provides Protection by giving encryption for sensitive information such as credit card number or bank details and some others are like small SEO ranking boost from Google.

Lastly, the process of installing SSL/TLS Certificates differs depending upon the server and their versions. If you’re not aware how to install it or you have any questions no need to worry, below is the list of installation guides based on different servers like Microsoft, Apache, cPanel, Tomcat, Plesk, Oracle, Zimbra, etc.

Additionally, there’s another list where we have discussed SSL installation based on the type of SSL Certificates offered by different Certificate Authorities like GeoTrust, Comodo, DigiCert, Certum, RapidSSL, Thawte, Global Sign, SwissSign, Entrust.

SSL Certificate Installation by Server Type

• F5 FirePass SSL VPN
• F5 Big-IP
• SonicWall SSL VPN
• Microsoft IIS 8 & 8.5
• Zimbra Server
• Mac OS X Lion Server
• cPanel/WHM
• Microsoft IIS 5 & 6
• NGINX
• Microsoft IIS 7
• Courier IMAP Server

SSL Certificate Installation by Certificate Authority

SSL Certificate Installation Instructions by Official Authorities

You can also use the SSL certificate installation articles which are provided by the official authorities.