SSL Certificate Input in Server Panel

[qwarktastic]

Hello, I am running Plesk on Linux with Apache. I ordered an SSL certificate and just received it. The problem I'm having is that I accidentally used Apache to create my CSR, and now I need to add my Certificate to Plesk. So I go to Server->Certificates->AddNew and the scroll down to "Add New Certificate as Text". There are three fields here, "Private Key", "Certificate", "CA Certificate". I know what to put into the "Private Key" field, but what do I put into the "Certificate" and "CA Certificate" fields? It seems the the field "Certificate" is a little vague, I don't know what Plesk is looking for here. Thanks for any help!

-Tom

 

[qwarktastic]

Still haven't figured this out, any help is appreciated! thanks!

 

[Highland]

I wouldn't add it at the server level. What you want to do is go into the domain it was issued for and place it in there. To cover what each does

Private Key - This is the key generated for you when you generate your CSR

Certificate - This is what your signer will send you. This is what validates the certificate.

CA Certificate - This is only needed if your Certificate Authority uses one (ie Godaddy). This is also called an intermediate certificate. If your CA doesn't use one, leave this blank.

Remember that your domain will need an exclusive IP assigned to it or else you'll have to hack Apache to get it to work.

 

[qwarktastic]

Thanks for the info. I actually got it to work by doing what you said but I had to do it at the server level. If I did it at the domain level, then the certificate would not show up when I went to select it for an exclusive IP address. I'm not sure why, but it works now, SSL is up and running, thanks!