Cobalt Raq3/Raq4/XTR

Installing your Web Server Certificate

Your certificate will be sent to you by email. The email message includes the web server certificate that you purchased in the body of the email message.

Copy the certificate from the body of the email and paste it into a text editor (such as notepad) to create text files.

Installing a certificate

Install the server certificate as described in the Cobalt manual.

A basic overview of the steps:

1. To install the certificate, open the administrative interface and go to the SSL settings for the Site that you purchased the certificate for.
2. Replace the certificate block of text with the certificate that we sent you. Ensure that you DO NOT try to paste the certifiicate into the block that contains the Certificate Signing Request.
3. Save the changes. This will restart the web server.

Give the server enough time to restart and test your site using https://sitename.com.

Note: The padlock icon on your browser will be displayed in the locked position if your certificates are installed correctly and the server is properly configured for SSL.

If you get a warning that the certificate was issued by an authority you have not chosen to trust, make sure that the server is not still using the self-signed certificate. To do this, view the contents of the certificate. If the issued to block is the same as the issued by block, the server is still using the self-signed certificate. In this case, try doing a manual restart (reboot) of the server using the following command: (you must log in as root via telnet or ssh) /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart