- Login to Plesk Control Panel.
- Plesk 7: Select Domains from the left hand menu.
- Plesk 8: Click Home and scroll to the bottom of the page.
- Click on the Domain name that the certificate is for.
- Click on the Certificates icon located under Services.
- Install End Entity/Domain & CA Certificates.
Uploading Certificates- Upload Entity/Domain Certificate
Click Browse and locate the extracted End Entity/Domain certificate. This will typically be yourDomainName.crt. Click Send File to complete this installation.- Upload CA Certificate
Click Browse and locate the extracted CA certificate. This will typically be yourDomainName.ca-bundle. Click Send File to complete this installation.
- Open yourDomainName.crt and yourDomainName.ca-bundle in your favorite text editor.
- Copy and Paste the contents of yourDomainName.crt to the Certificate section.
- Copy and Paste the contents of yourDomainName.ca-bundle to the CA Certificate section.
- Once finished click Send Text.
- Your certificate has now been added to your site's certificate repository.
Enable Site for SSL
- Stay in the same area where the certificate was installed.
- Click Up Level from the top right area of the Control Panel.
- Click Setup.
- Using the drop-down box select the certificate that was just installed above.
- Check the status of your IP Address and Certificate.
Restart Apache Service
- Click Server item from the left hand menu.
- Click on the Service Management menu item.
- Stop and Start the Apache process. Icons are Start, Stop and Restart.
Note: Do not simply restart the Apache Service. You must stop the service, then start it again to complete the installation.
