Plesk: Installing the SSL certificate

Installing the SSL certificate in Plesk

After you order and receive your SSL certificate, you are ready to install it in Plesk. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Log in to Plesk.If you do not know how to log in to your Plesk account, please see this article.

2. In the left sidebar, click Websites & Domains:

   

   Plesk - Sidebar - Websites and Domains
3. Click SSL Certificates:

   

   Plesk - SSL Certificates icon
4. The SSL Certificates page for the domain appears. Click the certificate name:

   

   Plesk - Certificate name
5. Scroll down to the Upload the certificate as text section, and then in the Certificate (*.crt) text box, paste all of the certificate text, including the BEGIN CERTIFICATE and END CERTIFICATE headers:

   

   Plesk - Upload the certificate as text

   If Plesk does not fill in the CA certificate (*-ca.crt) text box automatically, you must copy the Intermediate Bundle

6. Click Upload Certificate. Plesk installs the certificate.

Configuring the domain to use SSL

After you install the SSL certificate, you must enable SSL support for the domain in Plesk. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Log in to Plesk.If you do not know how to log in to your Plesk account, please see this article.
2. In the left sidebar, click Websites & Domains:

   

   Plesk - Sidebar - Websites and Domains
3. Click Hosting Settings:

   

   Plesk - Hosting Settings
4. Under Security, select the SSL support check box:

   

   Plesk - Hosting Settings - Security
5. In the Certificate list box, select the SSL certificate you installed in the previous procedure.

6. Click OK.