Follow these instructions to generate a CSR for your Web site. When you have completed this process, you will have a CSR ready to submit to SSLStar.com in order to be generated into a SSL Security Certificate.

Your certificate will be sent to you by email. The email message includes the web server certificate that you purchased in the body of the email message.

Copy the certificate from the body of the email and paste it into a text editor (such as notepad) to create text files.

Change directories to /usr/local/stronghold/bin.

Use the getcert script to install server certificate.

You will be prompted for your certificate. Copy the text from the email that you received from SSLStar in the "Your Web Server Certificate" section and paste it into the section that getcert provides.

Include ----BEGIN CERTIFICATE---- and ----END CERTIFICATE----. Press (Ctrl-D).

Use the getca script to install the Root Certificate.

You will be prompted for the trusted root certificate - "RapidSSL CA" - available here: Copy the following and paste it into the section that getca provides - Press (Ctrl-D).

Restart your web server by using the following commands:

stronghold/bin/strongholdctl restart
Or if the server is not running
stronghold/bin/strongholdctl start

Test your certificate by using a browser to connect to your server. Use the https protocol directive (e.g. https://your server/) to indicate you wish to use secure HTTP. The padlock icon on your browser will be displayed in the locked position if your certificates are installed correctly and the server is properly configured for SSL.

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