SSL for the hostname

[serlex]

Hi,

Would like to install CA signed certificate for the hostname, which is a subdomain.

Example: server.domain.com

How can I validate the certificate as there isn't an e-mail account for that sub-domain?
Do I need to remove the current self-signed certificate?

Regards,

[jrianto]

When you buy or get the CSR, I don't think it is required that you have to have an email address email@server.domain.com

You can use your working email address user@domain.com and it should be fine.

When you install the CA signed SSL cert on WHM, the self signed will be replaced by the new one.

[serlex]

Thanks for the reply

I've the certificate, but unsure how to install it for the hostname

I did:

WHM > Manage Service SSL Certificates > cPanel/WHM/Webmail Service

This secures the ports 2083, 2087? does it apply to all CPanel accounts?

Basically I want to make it more secure when accessing WHM and CPanel.

Regards,
Sercan

[jrianto]

Yes, that should apply to all cPanel accounts, just make sure your clients access them from https://hostname.domain.com:2083/ because if they open it from https://cpanel.clientdomain.com:2083/ or https://clientdomain.com:2083/ they will get a security warning since the SSL was not for their domain name.