{"id":24320,"date":"2022-02-02T14:30:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/plesk-how-to-install-your-ssl-certificate\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T06:45:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T06:45:28","slug":"plesk-how-to-install-your-ssl-certificate","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/plesk-how-to-install-your-ssl-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Plesk: How to install your SSL certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>This article provides you with step by step instructions on how to configure and install your SSL certificate on Windows Plesk. This article asumes you have already purchashed a SSL certificate, if not please see how to order one.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Step 1\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Generate your CSR<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Login to your Plesk Control Panel and \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/plesk-how-to-generate-a-csr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">generate a CSR<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Step 2 \u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Validate your Domain via your 1-grid Customer Zone<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Choose between Email, DNS, and Auth file validation.<\/li>\n<li>Follow the steps provided to complete domain validation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow\" style=\"width: 692px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33046916854\/original\/VTsHXDAuuhkty9TDZA2fEW40XHiEyiT1Sg.png?1600759066\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33046916854\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Step 3 \u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Install your SSL certificate on your Plesk Control Panel<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to the same place where you generated your CSR<\/li>\n<li>Click on the CSR name created.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow\" style=\"width: 683px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33046919222\/original\/doNZ77HGXj8uZMvO2l4D2JwJ9yZaPfhC-Q.png?1600761969\" data-id=\"33046919190\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paste the contents of your SSL and CA-bundle files downloaded into the fields and click Upload certificate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow\" style=\"width: 681px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33046919448\/original\/zA8C4wBjlqyvtmZ8cFNW5Q-wv4igYoX0NA.png?1600762216\" data-id=\"33046919369\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Step 4 \u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Enable HTTPS \u00a0redirection<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to Hosting Settings &gt; Security<\/li>\n<li>Enable SSL \/TLS Support<\/li>\n<li>Select the SSL certificate you just installed<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>OK<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow\" style=\"width: 697px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33046919778\/original\/T5a_oLWDoHRyJ2LcGo1xxq951ZfuXzD36Q.png?1600762612\" data-id=\"33046919654\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article provides you with step by step instructions on how to configure and install your SSL certificate on Windows Plesk. 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