SSL Certificate Installation Instructions

Novell ConsoleOne

Firstly when your issuance email arrives it will contain your web server certificate. Copy your web server certificate into a text editor such as notepad including the header and footer. You should then have a text file that looks like:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
[encoded data]
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

Make sure you have 5 dashes to either side of the BEGIN CERTIFICATE and END CERTIFICATE and that no white space, extra line breaks or additional characters have been inadvertently added. Save the certificate as yourdomain.txt.

1. From ConsoleOne, open the Server Certificate object and select Public Key Certificate from the Certificates tab.
2. Press the Import button.
3. On the screen labeled Paste your trusted root here or read it from a file, select the check box labeled No Trusted Root Certificate available. Press Next.
4. On the screen labeled Paste your server certificate here or read it from a file, select Read from file.
5. On the File types selection, select Base64 encoded files (*.b64)
6. Select the certificate file yourdomain.txt. Press Open, then press Finish.

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.