SSL Installation of 3rd Party Certificate

Summary

You are able to use 3rd party SSL Certificates with your hosting service. This article will explain how to do so for our generate the Key and CSR to be used in generating the SSL Certificate.

Please note that you will need a dedicated IP address before you are able to add an SSL Certificate to your account. You can add a dedicated IP address to your hosting service for $3.99 per month from the Addons section of your Control Panel.

1. With the new CRT or TXT files, return to SSL Manager and click the "Generate, view, upload, or delete SSL certificates". (If you generated your private key else ware you will need to upload your key to "Generate, view, upload, or delete private keys".)
2. Paste in the provided CRT file or Browse your computer for the .crt file. Repeat for CA Bundle file, if received as well
3. Press Upload button
4. Contact bluehost via Phone or Live Chat to request your KEY and CRT be installed on the server.

The KEY as well as the CRT will be required when we install your certificate on the server (and a CA Bundle if provided by SSL vendor). It is recommended to keep a backup copy of each of these as they may be used for this particular domain name with any host.

Since SSL Certificates are Domain/IP specific, you must Purchase a Dedicated IP before purchasing or having an SSL Certificate installed on your account. They will NOT work with a shared IP address.