Manually install an SSL certificate on my Web Hosting (cPanel) plan or VPS Hosting
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After your certificate request is approved, you can download your certificate from the SSL manager and install it on your Web Hosting (cPanel) plan.
Required: Deluxe and extended validation (EV) certificates, as well as SSLs for addon domains or subdomains must be installed manually.
Note: Want GoDaddy to install and maintain your SSL for you? Consider purchasing a Managed SSL.
- If you haven't done so already, download your SSL certificate, and then open the .zip file on your computer to see your .crt and .pem files.
- Sign in to the Hosting dashboard (use your GoDaddy username and password).
- Under Web Hosting, select your hosting plan.
- Select cPanel Admin.
- In the Security section, select SSL/TLS.
- Under Certificates (CRT), select Generate, view, upload, or delete SSL certificates.
- In the Upload a New Certificate section, select Choose File and navigate to the
.crtfile you downloaded in step 1. Select the file and then select Open. - (Optional) Type a description of the certificate in the Description text box (for example, 2025 coolexample.com certificate).
- Select Upload Certificate.
- When you get confirmation that the certificate has been saved, select Go Back.
- Under Actions, select Install for your desired SSL.
- If you're installing a GoDaddy SSL certificate, open the files (based on the server type you selected when downloading your SSL), and then copy the text to the Certificate Authority Bundle: (CABUNDLE) text box in cPanel:
- Apache:
gd_bundle_dv-r1-g2.crt.pem - cPanel:
coolexample.com-intermediate.pemand thencoolexample.com-cross.pem(your files will replace coolexample.com with your actual domain name). Enter the text from both files in that order.
- Apache:
- At the bottom of the page, select Install Certificate.
Note: The instructions below use cPanel Version 138.0.15.
- If you haven't done so already, download your SSL certificate, and then open the .zip file on your computer to see your .crt and .pem files.
- Access the cPanel for the domain where you want to install your SSL certificate.
- Under Security, select SSL/TLS Certificates.
- Select Certificates.
- Under Choose a certificate file (*.crt), select Choose File, select your .crt file and then select Open.
- (Optional) Type a description of the certificate in the Description text box (for example, 2025 coolexample.com certificate).
- Select Upload Certificate.
- When you see the confirmation message that the certificate has been saved, select Go Back.
- Under Actions, select Install for your desired SSL.
- If you're installing a GoDaddy SSL certificate, open the files (based on the server type you selected when downloading your SSL), and then copy the text to the Certificate Authority Bundle: (CABUNDLE) text box in cPanel:
- Apache:
gd_bundle_dv-r1-g2.crt.pem - cPanel:
coolexample.com-intermediate.pemand thencoolexample.com-cross.pem(your files will replace coolexample.com with your actual domain name). Enter the text from both files in that order.
- Apache:
- At the bottom of the page, select Install Certificate.
A success message will confirm that your SSL was installed.
Next step
- To continue setting up the SSL certificate, you need to direct visitors to the secure version of your site by redirecting to HTTPS.
- Learn how to install an SSL from cPanel.net.