Purchase an SSL from Managed.com

1. Log in to your Managed.com Control Panel. If you are not a registered customer, you can access the Managed.com Store here
2. In the Categories section, click SSL Certificates
   1. While logged into the Client Area you can select Services > Order New Services
      
      
3. Select Order Now, on the SSL product you wish to purchase. If you aren't sure which type of SSL you require, review our SSL Products and Pricing article for more information.
   
   
    
4. On the Configure screen choose your billing cycle, Annually or Biennially, and select Continue
5. On the Review & Checkout select Checkout to proceed to the checkout process
6. On the Checkout screen, fill out any information requested, if you have logged into your account previously all the necessary information should be filled out.
7. If you have a payment method on file you can use it will be used automatically in the Payment Details section, however, you will need to provide the CVV Security Number, if you want to use a new credit card select Enter New Card Information Below 
   
   
    
8. After you have updated or selected your payment method select Complete Order to start the process for your SSL certificate
9. Once you have paid and the order is processed you will recieve the following email to the email address you have on your account with the subject Your SSL Certificate - Enrollment steps:
   
   Please Note: You will want to follow the instructions in this email, Managed.com will only process the SSL through your Managed.com Control Panel, we do not provide AutoInstall SSL in cPanel
   
   
    
10. The link that is provided in the email sent to you will take you to the Manage Product screen
    
    
     
11. While still on the Manage Product screen scroll down and find the Generate Certificate section, this is where you provide your CSR that was generated previously.
    
    
     
    1. Additionally, you will need the following:
        
       1. Web server - Plesk
          
          Please Note: All Managed.com shared and most dedicated servers run Plesk either on a Windows or Linux server, please be sure to select Plesk and only Plesk, if not we will not be able to process your SSL and you won't be able to install it on the server. If you are unsure please contact our support department
           
       2. Signature Algorithm - This will always be PREFER_SHA2
       3. The contact information should auto-fill based on your account information, if you need to make changes to this now is the time to do so for the SSL certificate
       4. Select Click to Continue to go to the next step
12. On the next screen you will decide your domain verification steps, please read through the information presented to you carefully
    1. Our recommendation for domain validation is to use the File-Based Authentication
       • Please see the following KB if you'd like to choose an alternative authentication method:
         Other Domain Control Validation Methods
    2. For File-Based Authentication, please follow the steps outlined below:
       1. Select HTTP from the dropdown
          Please Note: Do not select HTTPS validation, our vendor is unable to process an HTTPS file verification
          
          
           
       2. Select Click to Continue
       3. You will be presented with the following information:

          For File Based Authentication, Please create a folder structure "/.well-known/pki-validation/" under root directory and create file using following details or download the Authentication file by clicking the "Download Auth File" button and place it in the "/.well-known/pki-validation/" of the HTTP server, like so: http://<insert domain name here>/.well-known/pki-validation/<insert CSR hash here>.txt. 
          It may take some time for file to be automatically validated and cert to be issued by Certificate Authority
          

       4. Make sure that the folders/files are created with the information provided in the previous step, if this is done incorrectly your domain will not be validated. The simplest way of completing this is to FTP and create the directories and upload the Authfile by selecting the Download Authfile button
          
          
           
       5. Select Back to Client Area
          
          
          Please Note: If you have any redirects or rewrite rules this method will fail for DCV, if you need assistance with this please contact our support team to help with this
           
13. After you have validated your request, you will need to wait on the final email providing you with your SSL certificate. The length of time is dependent on the SSL product purchased, but you can expect the Sectigo Essential SSL to be provided within 1-2 hours. Once you get back to the client area select your newly create Product/Service by selecting Active
    
    
14. After you go into the product screen you will see the following information:
    
    
     
15. Select Download Certificate to download your certificate in a zip file which includes the certificate itself and the CA certificates from Sectigo. An example of what your zip file will contain is below:
    
    
16. Once you have received downloaded your SSL purchase is complete!