How to Setup HTTPS/SSL Certificates

Do note that we do not resell SSL Certificates through Bravenet at this time, but we do include support for you to add your SSL Certificates to your account and set them up with your domains/sites.

Before adding your SSL Certificate to Bravenet, to render your site compatible with HTTPS, you must ensure that the domain name you are seeking to encrypt exists within the Bravenet account either as a domain registered through us or as a fully managed external domain name (nameservers pointed to us), and should double-check that your SSL Certificate automatically covers both "www.yourdomain.com" and "yourdomain.com" (most providers will include certification for "yourdomain.com" if you certify "www.yourdomain.com") for it to encrypt the website correctly.

1. Log in to your Bravenet user account.
2. Click to the Web Hosting tab from the top of the page.
3. Click on the SSL Certificates button.
4. If you were provided the certificate as separate files, click the Upload Files radio button.
   1. Click Choose File by Certificate, and navigate to the certificate file (extension .pem or .crt usually).
   2. Click Choose File by Private Key, and navigate to the key file (extension .key usually).
5. If instead you have the cert as plaintext, select the Paste Text radio button.
   1. Click into the Certificate text field, and paste the certificate code, including and starting at the line -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and ending with and including -----END CERTIFICATE-----
   2. Click into the Private Key text field, and paste the key code, including and starting at the line -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- and ending with and including -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
6. Enter the certificates password if there is one. If not, leave the field empty.
7. Click on Add Certificate to finalize the certificate.