Installing an SSL/TLS Certificate in Liquid Web Cloud Sites

This how-to will walk you through installing an SSL/TLS certificate in Liquid Web Cloud Sites.

Note: Before you install a certificate, you will first need to generate a certificate signing request (CSR) and submit it to SSL.com for validation and signing. Please refer to our how-to on CSR generation in Liquid Web Cloud Sites and guide to submitting a CSR.

  1. Navigate to the Websites tab in the Cloud Sites Control Panel.

    Websites tab

  2. Click the domain name you want to protect with an SSL/TLS certificate.

    Domain name

  3. Click the gear icon at the right side of the line labeled Secure Traffic (SSL), then click Configure SSL...

    Configure SSL

  4. A form will appear. Paste your signed certificate in the Certificate field Make sure to include the lines ----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----and ----END CERTIFICATE----.

    Paste certificate

  5. Download SSL.com's intermediate certificate bundle from the certificate order in your user account.

    Intermediate CA bundle

  6. Open the file in a text editor (the filename will end in .ca-bundle) and paste the entire contents into the Intermediate field.

    Intermediate field

  7. Click the Save SSL Configuration button.

    Save SSL Configuration

  8. If everything has gone correctly, an alert will appear indicating that SSL has been configured successfully. You're all done!

    SSL Configured Successfully