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Purchasing an SSL Certificate involves a number of different steps that the purchasee must carry out, fortunately it is a very straightforward process and the number of steps are only due to the layers of security and verification involved in a Secure Socket Layer Certificate. Prior to purchasing the certificate, you will have to submit accurate and real contact information for the domain name to be secured (even if the domain name has public WhoIS Privacy Protection). After purchasing the certificate, you will be sent a verification email, with which you must directly approve the creationof the SSL Certificate.  
Purchasing an SSL Certificate involves a number of different steps that the purchasee must carry out, fortunately it is a very straightforward process and the number of steps are only due to the layers of security and verification involved in a Secure Socket Layer Certificate. Prior to purchasing the certificate, you will have to submit accurate and real contact information for the domain name to be secured (even if the domain name has public WhoIS Privacy Protection). After purchasing the certificate, you will be sent a verification email, with which you must directly approve the creationof the SSL Certificate.  


After you have approved the certificate's creation, there will be up to a 24 hour delay while the certificate authority generates the SSL Certificate at all appropriate databases and services, before the certificate's status will change from "pending" to "complete" on the SSL page and the certificate can be used.
After you have approved the certificate's creation, there will be up to a 24 hour delay while the certificate authority generates the SSL Certificate at all appropriate databases and services. After this delay the certificate's status will change from "pending" to "complete" on the SSL tab of your Bravenet user account, indicating that the certificate has been fully generated and may be installed on your web server.
 
== Instructions ==
 
==== 1) SSL Tab ====
 
Login to your Bravenet user account, and click to the '''SSL''' tab at the top of your account. This page lists the SSL Certificates that you have purchased through Bravenet; it is not the list of [[How to Setup HTTPS/SSL Certificates|installed SSL Certificates]].
 
Any purchased SSL Certificates which you have yet to approve the creation of, or which are still being generated by the certificated authority, will be listed as ''"pending"''.
 
Click on '''Purchase an SSL Certificate''' to proceed.
 
==== 2) Purchase Cert ====

Revision as of 14:44, 14 August 2015

What to expect

Purchasing an SSL Certificate involves a number of different steps that the purchasee must carry out, fortunately it is a very straightforward process and the number of steps are only due to the layers of security and verification involved in a Secure Socket Layer Certificate. Prior to purchasing the certificate, you will have to submit accurate and real contact information for the domain name to be secured (even if the domain name has public WhoIS Privacy Protection). After purchasing the certificate, you will be sent a verification email, with which you must directly approve the creationof the SSL Certificate.

After you have approved the certificate's creation, there will be up to a 24 hour delay while the certificate authority generates the SSL Certificate at all appropriate databases and services. After this delay the certificate's status will change from "pending" to "complete" on the SSL tab of your Bravenet user account, indicating that the certificate has been fully generated and may be installed on your web server.

Instructions

1) SSL Tab

Login to your Bravenet user account, and click to the SSL tab at the top of your account. This page lists the SSL Certificates that you have purchased through Bravenet; it is not the list of installed SSL Certificates.

Any purchased SSL Certificates which you have yet to approve the creation of, or which are still being generated by the certificated authority, will be listed as "pending".

Click on Purchase an SSL Certificate to proceed.

2) Purchase Cert