Re: [cobalt-users] SSL-Certificate problems with RaQ3

[Alfredo <alfredo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> on my RaQ3 i want to insert a SSL-Certificate on a virtual site. This
> certificate is taken from another machine, but the site-names are the
> same, only the IPs are different.


Is it the same server software, Jan? Certs are usually server specific.

What you're trying to do is theoretically possible if you are using 
the same software (Apache, for instance). But it's iffy and most 
certificate authorities claim you need to buy a new cert. We had to 
do that a few months ago with a similar transfer.

Things to remember: the certificate is tagged to an exact site name 
(www and everything -- not just a domain). IP addresses are 
irrelevant. Also, only one site per IP address on a Raq can have ssl.

You can try it. IF you have all your certificate files, you can 
install them on your server. You can actually ftp them up if they are 
in proper (text) format. They go in the cert folder on the site 
you're trying to secure.

Try this. Upload the key and the request to that folder. In the GUI 
section for handling ssl, highlight "use manually entered 
certificate" in the drop list and then paste into the window your 
current certificate. Try to generate and see what happens. If it 
takes, you're in business. If it doesn't (and, to be honest, it 
probably won't), then you have to go through the process again and 
pay the authority the requisite amount of money.

The new cert process, by the way, requires you to clear out the files 
from the folder, clear the box and generate a self-signed certificate 
(using "generate self-signed certificate" from the drop list). You 
send THAT cert to the authority for signature -- procedures differ 
depending on which authority you're paying to sign it.

If you already have a cert with an authority, they'll issue a new one 
right away (like a day at most) once they get your money. :-)

Alfredo

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