Set-up Your Basic SSL & Wildcard SSL
How to set up Domain Validated (or DV) SSL certificates whether your domain and hosted with 101domain or with someone else. This method will also walk you through the steps of setting up your SSL certificate if you have domains and hosting with 101domain but prefer to set it up manually.
What is Domain Validation
Domain Validated (or DV) SSL certificates are the fast, convenient, reliable way to add industry-standard encryption to websites and internal systems.
Domain Validation SSL certificates are the most basic of the three types of SSL/TLS certificates. While Organization Validation and Extended Validation require multiple steps in which the company or organization applying for the certificate is verified, Domain Validation takes just a single step to verify that the person or organization applying for the certificate owns the registered domain.
Getting Started
Have Hosting with Someone Else?
- Login to your account at https://my.101domain.com
- Click on the Websites, Email & Security tab
- Click on Link a domain next to your SSL Certificate
- Select Manually install and click the Link domain button
Hosted with 101domain?
- Login to your account at https://my.101domain.com
- Click on the Websites, Email & Security tab
- Click on Link a domain next to your SSL Certificate
- Select which domain hosted with us you would like us to auto-install for you
How do I Configure My CSR?
The CSR is like the blueprint for an SSL. It contains basic information for the SSL you are requesting such as the domain(s) submitted with the order. Uploading your CSR is one of the first steps in the process of creating your SSL.
- Login to your account at https://my.101domain.com
- Click on the Websites, Email & Security tab
- Select your SSL Certificate
- Click on the Configure CSR button
- Upload your Certificate Signing Request (CSR) or paste your CSR code (this will be generated by your hosting provider or from your system admin).
Purchase your domain and SSL Certificate with hosting?
Then kickback and relax, there is nothing else you need to do. We've got you!
How do I Prove I Own the Domain?
Have Hosting with Someone Else?
- Login to your account at https://my.101domain.com
- Click on the Websites, Email & Security tab
- Select your SSL Certificate
- Choose Verification Method
- Domain Validation – to validate your domain with DNS (the easiest, and recommended method) create a CNAME record to add to your DNS settings with your hosting provider. Once you have created the DNS record, this will then be verified within 5-10 minutes.
- Email validation – select an email address from the pre-approved list. The Certificate Authority Sectigo will send an email to the email address you selected, asking you to verify that you did indeed register for an SSL Certificate. Once you respond to that email in the affirmative, the requirement is considered satisfied and the certificate is issued. This will take approximately 5-10 minutes.
- HTTP validation – we will give you a special file that you will need to download and then upload to the root of your hosted server with your hosting provider. Once you have uploaded the file, it will be verified via HTTP or HTTPS in about 5-10 minutes.
Have hosting with 101domain?
Since you’re one of our amazing customers, we can prove you own your domain and will take care of this verification step for you.
How do I install my SSL Certificate?
Have Hosting with Someone Else?
Once your SSL Certificate has been verified using one of the verification methods, the certificate authority Sectigo will send you an email to let you know that your SSL Certificate is ready to be installed. A copy of your certificate will be available for download in your 101domain account.
- Login to your account at https://my.101domain.com
- Click on the Websites, Email & Security tab
- Select your SSL Certificate
- Click the Download Certificate button
- Take the SSL Certificate file you just downloaded back to your hosting provider or your system admin (most likely the same place you got your CSR) and install the certificate
If you are hosted with 101domain...
Don’t worry, we’ll do everything for you. Once your SSL Certificate has been verified (this will take about 5-10 minutes), the certificate authority Sectigo will send you an email to let you know that your SSL Certificate has been successfully installed. A copy of your certificate will be available for download in your 101domain account.