Install an SSL Certificate on the Cloud Virtual Host

Scenario

This guide shows how to upload an SSL certificate purchased from a third-party website to the cloud virtual host. The example uses the domain test.ubn.cn and the certificate ubn.cn.

Guidance

Several upload and configuration methods are provided:

1. For certificates purchased on the ERANET INTERNATIONAL LIMITED official website and third-party certificates we deploy for you, refer to the documentation on automatic deployment.
2. For third-party certificates that require manual deployment, follow the steps below.

Prerequisites

1. Log in to the official website control center, select Cloud Virtual Host under Product Management on the left, select the host you want to manage and click “Manage” to enter the cloud virtual host admin console.

As shown below:

2. Download and unzip the website certificate locally. See the purchasing website’s help documentation for the download steps. After download and extraction it looks as follows (actual names and files may vary):

Installation steps

1. Enter the virtual host admin page as described above, click “Control Panel” to enter the cloud virtual host control panel.

2. Under “Websites & Domains” on the left, click “SSL/TLS Certificates” under Security to open the SSL/TLS certificates page.

3. Click the “Add SSL/TLS Certificate” button.

4. Select the certificate to upload and complete the addition.

Description:

• Certificate name: may be named freely; using your certificate’s domain is recommended.
• Country: select China.
• Private key (*.key): select the .key file in your certificate directory.
• Certificate (*.crt): select the .crt file in your certificate directory, usually shared with nginx.

After filling in the above, click “Upload certificate”. Once uploaded successfully it looks as follows:

5. Complete the configuration with the following steps.

Click “Websites & Domains”, then “Hosting & DNS Settings”:

On the Hosting & DNS page, click the “Hosting” button to open the hosting settings.

In hosting settings, select the SSL certificate uploaded in the previous step (choose the certificate name you uploaded yourself), then click “Save” to finish the configuration.

6. Test the certificate.

After the steps above, open a browser and enter https://your-domain. If the browser address bar shows a security lock, the certificate was installed successfully.