A self signed certificate does not have the
signature of a noted Certificate Authority (CA); instead, it uses its own certificate request as a
signature. While it may not provide the same effectiveness as a certificate
provided by a trusted CA, this is much easier to procure, and you can use it
until you get your actual certificate.
Follow the process
mentioned below to generate your own self signed certificate from the Control
Panel:
1.
Login to your
Control Panel and search for the domain name for which you have purchased
this hosting package.
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how >>
2. In the search results view, click on the
domain name. This will take you to the order details view.
3. Click on Manage Web Hosting Service
in the lower toolbar.
4. In the Website Management interface pop-up
that follows, go to Manage Website -> SSL Manager.
5. Here, click on the Generate icon.
6. Fill in the form for generating your
details.
7. From the drop-down the bottom of the form,
select the option Generate CSR + Self Signed Certificate.
8. Click on Generate.
This will generate the certificate for you. In
order to view or backup the existing Certificate, click on Download on
the subsequent page.
IMPORTANT
In order to complete the action in case of
Linux Hosting, the Web Server needs to be restarted. Random restarts
affect other services running on the Server. In order to avoid this, the
Server has been scheduled to restart at intervals of 20 minutes. Hence, the
process might take upto 20 minutes for completion.
