This article covers the steps involved with purchasing and installing the SSL certificate in your Innovator and Professional Classic Hosting packages.
If your web hosting is not with Internic, you can go directly to How to generate SSL certificate?

• How to purchase SSL certificate?
• How to generate CSR?
• How to generate SSL certificate?
• How to install SSL certificate?
• How to redirect a site from http to https?

How to purchase SSL certificate?
To purchase an SSL certificate for your domain name please follow these steps.

Step 1.
Login to your Internic account, click the Products drop-down menu at the top of the page and select SSL under the Security tab. 

Step 2.
You will find the SSL certificates available, as well as a brief overview. You can click Compare Plans beneath each certificate for more information about our certificates and to view a comparison chart for all certificates. 

Step 3.
Once you have decided which SSL certificate you would like to purchase for your domain name, click Get Secured.

Step 4.
On this page you will be able to modify your SSL certificate. Configure your SSL application to what suits you best. Once you have completed this step click Proceed to Checkout.

Step 5.
You will be taken to your shopping cart where you can verify your order details, check the box next to I agree to the Terms and Conditions and finally click Process Order to begin the transaction.

Step 6.
You will need to generate your Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and determine your approval email. If you are third-party hosted you must contact your hosting service provider and request that they provide you with the CSR for our domain’s website.

If you are hosted with Internic you can obtain the CSR through the Hosting OS or you can check instructions on How to generate CSR? It is important to copy the entire CSR text, including the -----BEGIN/END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----.

Below you will find important information to consider before you begin the process of purchasing an SSL certificate for your domain:

• To ensure that your SSL certificate is valid for both www.yourdomain.tld as well as yourdomain.tld, you must have your hosting provider generate the CSR with the common name www.yourdomain.tld
• The Wildcard SSL option allows you to secure the main domain as well as sub-domains, such as blog.domain, mobile.domain, etc. If you selected the Wildcard option, the CSR should be generated with *.yourdomain.tld
• For the Alpha and Domain level SSL certificates it will be necessary to choose a valid, accessible approver email from a pre-defined list. For more detail, please visit our support article: Which email addresses can I use for SSL validation?

How to generate CSR?
If your domain is hosted on our Internic server you can obtain the CSR key by following these steps:

Step 1.
Login to your Internic account and select Hosting Manager.

Step 2.
Click the green button that reads Control Panel. This will open the Hosting OS in a new tab.

Step 3.
Under Sections click SSL then click CSR.

Step 4.
Complete your organizational details then click Generate.

Step 5.
You will see following example of the CSR which you can use for generating your SSL certificate. 

How to generate SSL certificate?
If you have purchased an SSL for your domain through Internic, you will have an SSL certificate listed in your SSL Manager. Here are the steps to follow:

Step 1.
Login to your Internic account and select SSL Manager.

Step 2.
Click on the red pencil icon and click Complete Your SSL.

Step 3.
Paste the CSR text, including the -----BEGIN/END CERTIFICATE REQUEST----- portion, into the box labelled Certificate Signing Request. Click the Validate button, and then click Next.

Step 4.
Enter your contact details, including an approver email address (please note that Organization and Extended SSL certificates don’t actually use approver emails, but you must select one anyway), and click Submit Application.

Step 5.
If you have purchased an Alpha or Domain SSL, confirm the SSL application via the approver email. If you have purchased an Organization or Extended SSL, you will be subject to some additional vetting by our SSL provider, Globalsign.

Step 6.
As soon as the vetting is complete, the SSL certificate will be Active and you will be able to download your certificate in the SSL Manager, hover over the Download SSL arrow, and click on Certificate. The certificate download will include several files. In most cases, the file you need is called X509.cert.

How to install SSL certificate?
Here are the steps for installing your SSL certificate while hosted at Internic: If you have purchased an SSL for your domain through Internic, you will have an SSL certificate listed in your SSL Manager. Here are the steps to follow:

Here are the steps for installing your SSL certificate while hosted at Internic:

Step 1.
Login to your Internic account and click on Hosting Manager.

Step 2.
Click on the green Control Panel button. This will open the Hosting OS in a new tab.

Step 3.
Under Sections on the left side of your screen, click on SSL and then click Certificate.

Step 4.
Click on Choose File button and find the SSL Certificate you downloaded to your device (in most cases, the file you need is called X509.cert) and click Upload button, then click Install. Please allow 24-48 hours for the installation.

How to redirect a site from http to https?

You can choose to use one of the two methods below:

1. Wordpress plugins: A plugin called "Really Simple SSL" is the most popular way you can use to force your sites to load as https. You can find more details of this plugin in the link below: 

https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-ssl/

2. Modification through .htaccess file: 

• Create a file in the folder where you have your site files in it called ".htaccess". If the file is already there, you can notify your web developer to make the necessary changes with the code below.
• Open the file, and add this code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R,L]

• Save the file.