How to Upload a Ssl Certificate to Linux Ftp

In CompleteFTP, to use HTTPS, a server document (SSL/TLS Certificate) is required. During Complete FTP installation, a server certificate is generated and can exist used. However, this certificate does non have a hostname and wont be trusted by browsers. Browsers volition warn visitors whenever they attempt to visit your site.

For browsers to trust your site, you must secure a SSL/TLS Certificate issued by a Certificate Potency (CA), such as DigiCert.

Use these instructions to create your CSR (certificate signing request) and and then to install your DigiCert SSL/TLS Certificate.

To create your CSR, see CompleteFTP: Create Your CSR (Certificate Signing Request.
To install your SSL/TLS Certificate, see CompleteFTP: Install Your SSL/TLS Document.

1. CompleteFTP: Create Your CSR (Certificate Signing Asking)

Before you can order your SSL/TLS Certificate, yous must first generate your CSR. You volition then use the contents of your CSR to lodge your SSL/TLS Certificate.

CompleteFTP: How to Generate a CSR

Open up the CompleteFTP Manager.
In the CompleteFTP Managing director, in the Site/Sites panel on the left, click the FTP/FTPS Settings.
Under Settings, expand FTP/FTPS > Advanced FTP/FTPS Settings > Security Settings.
Under Security Settings, click Server certificate (as well used in HTTPS) and so to the right of Server certificate, click "…".
In the Server Certificate window, click the Generate a certificate signing request (CSR) link.
In the Certificate Details window, click OK.

In the Server Certificate window, enter the following information:

Server proper noun/address	Enter the fully qualified domain name of the server (e.1000., www.example.com).
	Y'all may also enter the IP address.

Organization	Enter your company's legally registered name
	(east.m., YourCompany, Inc.).

Department	(Optional Data) Enter the department inside your organization that you want to appear
	on the SSL/TLS Certificate.

Metropolis/Town	Enter the city/town where your company is legally located.

State/Province	Enter the country/province where your company is legally located.

Country	Enter the two-letter country code for the country where your company is legally located.

CompleteFTP Manager

When you are finished, click OK to begin the CSR generation procedure.
In the Enter individual key password window, in the Password and Password again boxes, create and ostend a password to protect the private key for the CSR.
Then, click OK to generate the private cardinal and CSR
First, relieve the private key to a secure location on your server.

Practise Not lose the private fundamental. The individual key is needed for certificate installation. For the certificate to be installed on the server, it must exist paired with its corresponding private key.
And so, save the CSR, making sure to note the filename and location of the .csr file.
In the Certificate Signing Request Generated window, click OK.
Use a text editor to open up the file. And so, copy the text, including the -----Brainstorm NEW CERTIFICATE Asking----- and -----Finish NEW Certificate REQUEST----- tags, and paste it into the DigiCert lodge form.

Notation: During your DigiCert SSL/TLS Document ordering procedure, make certain that you select OTHER when asked to Select Server Software. This selection ensures that you receive all the required certificates and your SSL/TLS Certificate in the correct format for CompleteFTP SSL/TLS Document installation.
Subsequently receiving your SSL/TLS Certificate from DigiCert, you lot tin install it.

2. CompleteFTP: Install Your SSL/TLS Certificatee

If you lot have non yet created your document signing asking and ordered your SSL/TLS Certificate, see CompleteFTP: Create Your CSR (Certificate Signing Asking).

After receiving your SSL/TLS Certificate, you need to install it on your server for CompleteFTP to use.

Open the CompleteFTP Managing director.
In the CompleteFTP Director, in the Site/Sites panel on the left, click the FTP/FTPS Settings.
Under Settings, expand FTP/FTPS > Advanced FTP/FTPS Settings > Security Settings.
Under Security Settings, click Server document (as well used in HTTPS) and and then to the correct of Server certificate, click "…".
In the Server Certificate window, click the Import a certificate from a file link.
In the Importing Certificate window, click Yes to overwrite the default server certificate provided past CompleteFTP.
Navigate to and select your CA issued SSL/TLS Certificate.
And so, navigate to and select the private key that was generated when you created the CSR.
In the Delight enter the password of the PVK File window, in the Password box, blazon the private key password that you lot created when you generated and saved your private key, and and so click OK.
You have successfully installed your SSL/TLS Document for CompleteFTP. It is ready for you to utilize.