How to Install SSL Certificate on WHM
Knowing how to install SSL Certificate on WHM is important because this will enable you to protect your website from viruses, malwares and third party attacks. Without proper knowledge in SSL Certificate installation, your website will be vulnerable to attacks that can make your website and your visitors unsafe. This is really an ugly situation where you or your visitors’ information will be intercepted by third party entities that will probably use your data for malicious acts such as hacking of bank accounts or purchasing of goods online using you or your visitors’ private and financial information.
Thankfully, WHM enables easy and simple SSL Certificate installation, which makes the process much easier and faster. This feature will enable you to install your SSL Certificate into your website without any trouble.
Installing SSL Certificate on WHM
Here are some things that you should remember before installing an SSL Certificate on WHM. Included are instructions on how to properly install an SSL Certificate to your server. Make sure that you take note of the reminders and instructions below so that you can install your certificate properly and protect your website from any attacks.
- SSL Certificate Installation Requirements
You need to have a dedicated IP address before you can install an SSL Certificate on your website. The dedicated IP should also be for a single website so that the SSL Certificate will work and protect the website that you want to secure.
If you wish to secure multiple websites, you need to purchase multiple IP addresses, one for each website. You also need to purchase multiple SLL Certificates, one for each website. You can also use a Wildcard SSL Certificate if you want to protect multiple domains.
- Installation Process
Installing an SSL Certificate is rather simple. You just need to have everything ready before you try to install the certificate so that you will not be bothered by distractions especially if it is your first time installing a certificate.
- Choose the domain name where you want to install your SSL Certificate. You can either provide the domain name by typing the domain or choose from a list by clicking the ‘Browse’ button. If you have purchased an SSL Certificate from WHM, the fields that you need to fill up will be automatically filled up by WHM. But if not, you can just provide the needed information yourself.
- If the fields were not automatically populated, you can provide the information that are needed for the installation of the certificate such as the certificate copies, private key, CA bundle, IP address and Username.
- Once everything is filled up, click the ‘Submit’ button and wait for the propagation to take place. Everything should be up and running within just a few hours.
As you can see above, knowing how to install SSL Certificate on WHM is an easy task. You can even have the certificate installed automatically in their respective folders if you have chosen to purchase an SSL Certificate from WHM. But if it’s from a third party, the installation is still easy and fast so no need to worry.
