just bough New SSL Cerificate

[timmer81]

Hi all

 

I've recently just bought a ssl certificate and wanted to know what changes I need to make to the coding (if any) now I have this ssl certificate as when I orginally set the store up I did not have 1.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Timmer

[web-project]

Have you got the dedicated IP address on your account? You need to install the SSL via control panel and after edit the config.php file to update the following:

 

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.your-domain.com'); // eg, http://localhost - should not be empty for productive servers

define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.your-domain.com'); // eg, https://localhost - should not be empty for productive servers

define('ENABLE_SSL', true); // secure webserver for checkout procedure?

[timmer81]

Hi there,

 

Thank you for your reply.

 

Yeah I have a dedicated IP address, the hosting company have set it all up in control panel for me but I have not done anything on the shop admin side of things. So all I need to do is what you have said and job done?

 

Regards

 

Tim

 

Have you got the dedicated IP address on your account? You need to install the SSL via control panel and after edit the config.php file to update the following:

 

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.your-domain.com'); // eg, http://localhost - should not be empty for productive servers

define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.your-domain.com'); // eg, https://localhost - should not be empty for productive servers

define('ENABLE_SSL', true); // secure webserver for checkout procedure?

[ogg]

I am also in the same situation.

 

My SSL cert was about to expire so I contacted my host and I got a new SSL cert issued. They emailed me and said it was install and ready. The old cert has got about 2 weeks left before it expires and my website is still using it.

 

My question is, will the new SSL cert automatically begin to work after the old one has expired? Do I have to configure anything on my website to make the new one work?

[♥mdtaylorlrim]

I am also in the same situation.

 

My SSL cert was about to expire so I contacted my host and I got a new SSL cert issued. They emailed me and said it was install and ready. The old cert has got about 2 weeks left before it expires and my website is still using it.

 

My question is, will the new SSL cert automatically begin to work after the old one has expired? Do I have to configure anything on my website to make the new one work?

Depends. An SSL cert has a valid FROM date and a valid TO date. You cannot start to use the cert prior to its valid FROM date. It also has a valid NAME to it. Most certs are valid for either www.domain.com or domain.com WITHOUT the www. It depends on the entries that you made when creating the CSR to purchase your cert.

 

When your host tells you it has been installed check it by going to httpS://domain.com or httpS://www.domain.com or whatever the name is. Then change your configure.php files to match, making sure to use the correct name on the cert.

[ogg]

Depends. An SSL cert has a valid FROM date and a valid TO date. You cannot start to use the cert prior to its valid FROM date. It also has a valid NAME to it. Most certs are valid for either www.domain.com or domain.com WITHOUT the www. It depends on the entries that you made when creating the CSR to purchase your cert.

 

When your host tells you it has been installed check it by going to httpS://domain.com or httpS://www.domain.com or whatever the name is. Then change your configure.php files to match, making sure to use the correct name on the cert.

 

Thanks for your response

 

In my /ssl/certs folder I have got two SSL certificates. One is called mydomain.com.crt (valid 12/2/10 to 12/2/11) the other cert is called mydomain.com.crt.old.1439178983 (valid 4/3/09 to 4/3/10). My website is still using the old cert as it says it will expire on 4/3/10.

 

Both certificates are valid. How can I force my website to use the new SSL cert? If I delete the old cert from my server will it use the new cert by default?

[♥mdtaylorlrim]

Thanks for your response

 

In my /ssl/certs folder I have got two SSL certificates. One is called mydomain.com.crt (valid 12/2/10 to 12/2/11) the other cert is called mydomain.com.crt.old.1439178983 (valid 4/3/09 to 4/3/10). My website is still using the old cert as it says it will expire on 4/3/10.

 

Both certificates are valid. How can I force my website to use the new SSL cert? If I delete the old cert from my server will it use the new cert by default?

Don't know about your server, really. I run my own server and in my ssl.conf file I have pointers to which cert I want the server to start up using. If you have a hosted account somewhere you probably need to read up on your cPanel or somewhere on your hosts help pages to see what you need to do, or even if you have the capabilities to do it yourself.

 

It's pretty much server dependent.