How to install PositiveSSL on wordpress from start to finish

April 17, 2014 9.8k views
Romeygraphics
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Romeygraphics
Hello I am a beginner at this so please bear with me, but i wanted to know how to install PositiveSSL purchased from Namecheap.com and install it on my droplet running Ubuntu WordPress. I tired (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-create-a-ssl-certificate-on-apache-for-ubuntu-12-04) went to my site https Not trusted Please help.
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asb MOD May 13, 2014
You should be able to create the bundle with: 


cat MyDomain_com COMODORSADomainValidationSecureServerCA.crt \

    COMODORSAAddTrustCA.crt AddTrustExternalCARoot.crt > COMODO.ca-bundle
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asb MOD April 17, 2014
That tutorial is for creating a self-signed key. You want to use the one that you received from PositiveSSL. The steps will be largely the same, but you can start with step four:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-create-a-ssl-certificate-on-apache-for-ubuntu-12-04#StepFour%E2%80%94SetUptheCertificate

When editing /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl point to where you have stored the files you downloaded from Godaddy instead of the ones you would have created:

```
SSLEngine On
SSLCertificateFile /path/to/.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /path/to/.key
SSLCertificateChainFile /path/to/.ca-bundle
```
How To Create a SSL Certificate on Apache for Ubuntu 12.04
by Etel Sverdlov
This tutorial explains how to create a self-signed SSL certificate, how to add it to your server, and how to configure the SSL file to display the certificate to the world. A SSL certificate is a way to encrypt a site's information and create a more secure connection. Certificate Authorities can issue SSL certificates that verify the server's details while a self-signed certificate has no 3rd party corroboration. This tutorial is written for Apache on an Ubuntu server.
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Romeygraphics May 13, 2014
Really having a hard time with this.... :{


Here are the file I have gotten from Comodo

AddTrustExternalCARoot
COMODORSAAddTrustCA
COMODORSADomainValidationSecureServerCA
MyDomain_com

how do I make a .ca-bundle in details please and next step after that


Thank you.
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