How to activate a Certum SSL certificate?
Information about placing an order in the Certum shop is sent to the e-mail address given in the order, and the activation process can be started from Your account, in the tab Activate Certificates.
- Select the certificate you want to activate from the list and click: Activate
- Select the key delivery method for the certificate:
- Generating a key pair — creating a key pair using Certum CryptoAgent application via a browser
- CSR (Certificate Signing Request) — sending the generated CSR
- Enter all necessary data in the certificate data form
- Verify that the data entered are correct (Note: once activated, it will not be possible to change the data in the issued certificate) and confirm the appropriate declarations.
- Select the verification method for the domain or domains for which the certificate is requested
- verification of the administrator’s e-mail address
- verification by placing the file on the server
- verification by placing the TXT record in the DNS database
- If you activate a Trusted OV SSL or Premium EV SSL certificate, send Certum the relevant documents proving your identity or choose a method of auto-identification.
- After positive verification of all the information sent to Certum, a notification of the issue of the certificate is sent to the e-mail address specified in the order.
The certificate will be accessible from the customer account.