How to Configure a Certificate in the Billing System

How to Configure a Certificate in the Billing System

Introduction

After an order of an SSL certificate is placed, more information is needed to configure the certificate. How to configure a certificate in the Billing system will be instructed as follows:

1 Log into the Billing system and locate the SSL service

  • Click Services > My Services. Choose the SSL service.
  • Click Generate Now.

2 Fill in a CSR code

A certificate signing request (CSR) is one of the essential steps before installing the SSL Certificate. The CSR contains information (e.g. domain name, organization, and country, etc) which is needed to create the SSL certificate by the Certificate Authority (CA).
  • Choose Existing CSR.
  • Fill in the CSR content.
If you do not have a CSR, please refer to the following link to generate CSR:
About how to generate a CSR on a Windows-based server, please refer to How to Generate a CSR on a Windows-based Server.
About how to generate a CSR on a Linux-based server, please refer to How to Generate a CSR on a Linux-based Server.

3 Fill in web server information

Web Server: Select the web server where your website is running on.
Signature algorithm: If you do not require a special signature algorithm, please choose SHA-256.

4 Provide the contact information of the site administrator

 The SSL Certificate details and renewal reminders will be sent to the administrator .

5 Provide the contact information of technical personnel

If the technical support member’s contact information is same to that of the site administrator, please click Same As Administrator Contact.
This contact will receive the certificate.

6 Choose authentication method

There are three options to approve the certificate authority for the validation -- HTTP, DNS TXT Record, and Email.
When all of the above steps are completed, the configuration of the certificate is done.

7 The next step

Once you have completed all of the above steps, you can proceed to approve certificate authority for validation by referring to How to Approve the Certificate Authority for Validation.

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