{"id":22277,"date":"2024-09-18T15:12:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T13:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000301785-how-do-i-install-a-ssl-certificate-on-plesk\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T18:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:08:13","slug":"103000301785-how-do-i-install-a-ssl-certificate-on-plesk","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000301785-how-do-i-install-a-ssl-certificate-on-plesk\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Install a SSL Certificate on Plesk?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How do I install a SSL certificate on Plesk?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

There are a few things you will need to do before installing the SSL certificate on Plesk. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Plesk needs a .pem file to assign SSL certificates to your domain. As the Contabo SSL provider does not provide .pem files, you will need to create it yourselves. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Please create a simple text file and name it “certificate.pem” and open it with a text editor. Then follow these steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Open the “certificate.key” file with a text editor and copy its contents to the recently created “certificate.pem” file. <\/li>\n
  2. Open the “certificate.crt” file with a text editor, copy its contents and add it to the “certificate.pem” file at the end after “—–END PRIVATE KEY—–“. <\/li>\n
  3. Finally, open the “certificate_chain.crt” file in a text editor, copy its contents and add it to the “certificate.pem file” at the end after “—–END CERTIFICATE—–“.\n

    Once done your “certificate.pem” should look something like this:<\/p>\n

    \"Example<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. Save the file and follow the next steps to install your SSL certificate on Plesk.<\/li>\n
  5. Open your Plesk control panel by going to https:\/\/<YOUR_IP>:8443<\/a><\/u> and login.<\/li>\n
  6. Open “Websites & Domain” from the left sidebar and click on the domain where you want to install the SSL certificate.<\/li>\n
  7. Click on “SSL\/TLS” Certificates under the “Security” section as shown below:\n

    \"SSL\/TLS<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  8. At the bottom of the page, under “More Options”, click “Upload .pem file”.\n

    \"Upload<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  9. In a new window go to a directory which contains your .pem file, select it and click “Open” or “Upload”.\n

    Once you’ve uploaded the .pen file your SSL certificate should be uploaded.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/p>\n

    You can read more about SSL on our blog here<\/u><\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

    Details…<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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