Plesk 7.5

Accessing the Domain SSL Certificates Repository

• To access the Domain certificates repository page, click
  
  

  the Certificates icon at the Domain administration page. The certificates repository page will open displaying the list of available certificates:








The four icons, preceding the certificate name in the list, indicate the present parts of a certificate. The icon displayed in the R column indicates that the Certificate Signing request part is present in the certificate, the icon in the K column indicates that the private key is contained within the certificate, the icon in the C column indicates that the SSL certificate text part is present and the icon in the A column indicates that CA certificate part is present. The number in the Used column indicates the number of IP addresses the certificate is assigned to.

• Uploading a certificate file with finding the appropriate private key
After you have received your signed SSL certificate from the certificate authority you can upload it from the Certificate repository page. First make sure that the certificate file has been saved on your local machine or network. Use the Browse button to locate the certificate. Click Send File. The existing certificate with appropriate private key will be found and the certificate part will be added to the repository.
• Changing a certificate name
To change a certificate name follow these steps:
1. At the certificate repository page, select a certificate from the list. You will be taken to the SSL certificate properties page.
2. Click in the Certificate name field and edit the name as desired.
3. Click Set.
• Uploading certificate parts
If you have already obtained a certificate containing private key and certificate part (and may be a CA certificate), follow these steps to upload it:
1. At the certificate repository page, click then



Add Certificate icon. You will be taken to the SSL certificate creation page.
2. In the Upload certificate files section of the page, use the Browse button to locate the appropriate certificate file or a required certificate part.

NOTE: Your certificate can be contained within one or several files, so you may upload the certificate by parts or as a single file, selecting it in several fields (Plesk will recognize the appropriate certificate parts and upload them correspondingly).

3. Click Send File. This will upload your certificate parts to the repository.




• You can upload an existing certificate in two ways:
1. Choose a file from the local network and click the Send File button (.TXT files only).

2. Type in or paste the certificate text and private key into the text fields and click the Send Text button.

• Uploading a CA certificate
For the certificates purchased through certificate signing authorities other than Verisign or Thawte you will receive what is typically called a CA Certificate, or rootchain certificate. The CA Certificate is used to appropriately identify and authenticate the certificate authority, which has issued your SSL certificate. To upload your CA Certificate, follow these steps:
1. At the certificate repository page, select a certificate from the list. You will be taken to the SSL certificate properties page.

2. Use the Browse button, within the section related to the certificate uploading, to locate the appropriate CA Certificate file.

3. Click Send File. This will upload your CA Certificate to the repository.

• You can upload an existing certificate in two ways:
1. Choose a file from the local network and click the Send File button (.TXT files only).
2. Type in or paste the CA certificate text into the text field and click the Send Text button.
• Removing a certificate part
After you have uploaded a CA certificate part (rootchain certificate), you are able to remove it. To do so, follow these steps:
1. At the certificate repository page, select a certificate from the list. You will be taken to the SSL certificate properties page.
2.Click on the Remove button located next to the CA certificate field.