Your certificate will be sent to you by email. The email message includes the web server certificate that you purchased in the body of the email message.
Note: The examples below use the following naming convention: "Your Web Server Certificate" = "mydomain.com.crt".
1. Copy the certificate to the directory that you designate. This is the directory in which you plan to store your certificate. (Default: /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.crt or /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt)
Note: Copy the entire contents of your certificate from the -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- up to and including the -----END CERTIFICATE----- lines.
2. If you have not already set up a secure virtual host, refer to the following link for more information: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/SSL-RedHat-HOWTO.html#toc4.
3. Open the httpd.conf file in a text editor.
4. Locate the secure virtual host pertaining to your order. You should have the following directives within this virtual host. Please add them if you do not. SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.crt/mydomain.com.crt SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.key/mydomain.com.key (or server.key).
5. Save the changes and exit the editor.
6. Start or Restart your apache Web server. By default: /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl startssl Or /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl restart Other Commands: /usr/sbin/httpd startssl/restart /usr/sbin/httpsd startssl/restart.
Note: You may refer to the original ModSSL instructions at: http://www.modssl.org/source/exp/mod_ssl/pkg.mod_ssl/INSTALL.
7. Test your certificate by connecting to your server. Use the https protocol directive (e.g. https://your server/) to indicate you wish to use secure HTTP.
Note: The padlock icon on your Web browser should be displayed in the locked position if the site is set up properly.