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SSL Integration

    SSL Integration

    SSL Integration

    Integration of SSL into GoDaddy hosting for a website.

    First of all purchase an SSL I recommend the cheapest as you just don’t want google scaring of your viewers with their warnings up top.

    purchase SSL

    After purchase, you will go to your order on purchase website and select Generate Cert Now.

    Generate Cert Now

    Then you will start the order process, fill in the first 3 questions receive a Domain Validation email to prove it’s yours.

    Domain Validation

     

    for step 4 you need your CSR certificate so go to your hosting, so go to your Cpanel and under Security select SSL/TLS.

    cPanel

     

    once in SSL/TLS select Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

    SSL/TLS

    fill in the CSR form and generate, now copy the CSR Code.

    CSR

    Past your CSR Code into section 4 of the order process.

    Past CSR

    complete question 5 and 6, question 7 for Godaddy Cpanel is Apache-ModSSL.

    complete the Verify and contact details section then finish it by agreement section.

    you will now receive an email to your personal Email address containing a Zip file which has the SSL Certificate.

    SSL Certificate email

    you will now go back to SSL/TLS select in your cPanel and click on Certificates (CRT).

    upload SSL CRT

    here you will upload the Certificate file which was sent to you in the Email Zip file.

    SSL CRT file upload

     

    The last step, go back to SSL/TLS select in your cPanel and this time click on Install and Manage SSL …

    install SSL

     

    once here click browse, select the certificate in the popup window and click use Certificate.

    Install an SSL Website

    then click Install Certificate down the bottom and you will be greeted with SSL host Successfully installed, just press ok.

    SSL Successful

    One final thing, you probably want to go into general settings of your WordPress site if that’s what it’s for and make sure the site address URL is HTTPS now.

    WP final step

     

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