Secure Server

Secure Server Overview

The Secure Server option in your control panel provides you with a way of installing a Secure Server certificate from Verisign or Thawte. Verisign and Thawte are companies that provide digital certificates used for secure transactions.

We also have a server wide certificate available for your use.

Contents

Installing Your Own Certificate
Using Our Server Wide Certicate

Installing Your Own Certificate

Setting up a secure server requires that you purchase a secure digital certificate from either Verisign or Thawte. This is a two-step process.

Step One

The first step is to generate a Key and Certificate request. This can be done from your control panel. There are also complete instructions in the secure server manager page in your control panel.

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To generate a Key and Certificate request click on the Secure Server icon located in your control panel.

After clicking on the Secure Server icon, the Secure Server Manager will be displayed. Click on the Generate Request link. You will be required to fill out some information, as well as choose a password before generating your secure certificate request. This information must be taken from the Internic. You can lookup that information on the Internic's whois web interface. The private key, which you will have to save until you receive the certificate from Thawte or Verisign will look something like this:

-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED DEK-Info: DES-EDE3-CBC,B82F170581AC18CA xulUrmeoHwvU3hf7l176FK8sCmAFR3JvwW3ZHcGGLoV3WqPv9NGDaqyZOJp/E9i8 w58XGW/oMIKpC+rCoh647O0QTC60DRwPoq5S6nqbSra7ev4glkfK6tBD6uGolfFT Te41AFNELNhuseeRP/2DloAiBgCVftSHsJwbbWA5Py9zkuhzFPFMGrYXk1GVci+G oyBOnz0zxiHjpD0JR0cnsGP4wQgetal3IoOHdz1xzRy3ZqbJE+Ius3lQua9Hunmx 4cAxRNWvxLhGEvn6+4LuPGqwPoEcsPUmAIofknYB1dJmpkBBV9Xv+30KvwR6UxDI 67ZGM6bNwkeKU241sB6I+h72VLd3W9n0x35OEDZ/lbHw3J0ADLEM9K909xTOM7zZ E8pj8mByvLxAwRt1JJOnbf74NtXbbarJ2WSqUEcx/bLp/sQmgBLUhdzxSPPjJMeJ hrBz5U2UpFvfvBzb85QxTrXBJ7lIX2B5ubMn9uKLxCfA+nU0aPC4yrm/qbj+CVz0 Co62ijI+kOFe9KzDRghdj2aRkajRi8BAMaXuwh5gpZbmHlDIhIJ7tjXtz4Q9HKee rnbwlyIn0td+mPGBACA5J4Sg/+tupjo83cDKmSYB+J/U7ypTlFIhOvr53+7sQPCb R/UYWEfnGdQEDxBtuv2ILz+bIUssovyf7/cua6iDzpA79t5s6Um2cHaVA0SUCFtu HNhrbo2GVBsdgP/jx7sbh82pHENBlIw0TV8ot1ACtoWFj6Ly3ImX4K7Wq0i+e37v km6x45lQke8CimKc0EQpbRTVARGCYHCSFeu+QiabZmor6z0eNQ+Tbw==

-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

The certificate request, that needs to be sent to Thawte or Verisign will look something like this:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----

MIIBrTCCARYCAQAwbTELMAkGA1UEBhMCdXMxDTALBgNVBAgTBHRlc3QxDTALBgNV BAcTBHRlc3QxDTALBgNVBAoTBHRlc3QxDTALBgNVBAsTBHRlc3QxDTALBgNVBAMT BHRlc3QxEzARBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWBHRlc3QwgZ8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADgY0A MIGJAoGBAOErsqxeuO2RFcOdRxnwoo1O6LoQMYGf2DchAUk9oqX8vTBLSTTePLdQ 32sNH/Zx9eGHKg6LZ7jaSg6JqiZtbPv9VloDT8AEvK3eYr/ok+t6chAqrBGZmdNl Muf77GeX4qyZ9ImT/vUjnClYtiE0Sw+Jen5bDgGw3GqsONIUap1FAgMBAAGgADAN BgkqhkiG9w0BAQQFAAOBgQB2WEBLVL4jISoclbICEEVyXsH3Olefrspsw/Co0wLw nKcSiLovXGX32ZNJ+W5FtJLeYdB4Vdt++CQ2ShIkmZT0sF1l5c08AwslpwZR56LZ 5wahdhr+8D1A7OS68DofAZJiJxmJw2NnJXEVH0EdftAQfafo0WLRQ5CUYOSkpZAp YQ==

-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----

You will need to send this request to Thawte or Verisign to receive your certificate. When you receive the certificate from Thawte or Verisign, you will be able to complete step 2.

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Step 2

Once you receive the certificate from Thawte or Verisign you will need to install it. This can be done right from your control panel. To install the certificate you will need to have the RSA Private Key that you saved from step one and the password that you picked in step one.

From your control panel click the Secure Server icon.

From the Secure Server Manager click the Install Certificate link.

In the Password field enter the password that you picked in step one when the RSA Key was generated. Below the password field is the 'Key and Certificate' field. In the 'Key and Certificate' text area, place the RSA private key first and then the Certificate returned by Verisign or Thawte. Then click review.

After the certificate is installed you can call any of the pages on your domain securely like this: https://www.yourdomain.com/somepage.html

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Using Our Server Wide Certicate

Using our server wide certificate is easy and allows you to call any of your pages securely. To call your pages securely using our certificate use the following format:

https://host.terrawebsolutions.com/yourdomain/somepage.html