How to Set Up and Use Your Shared SSL
Shared
All HostIcon Shared and servers have a shared SSL certificate pre-installed for use. To access your website using the shared certificate, you will need to know your server name, your cPanel user name and your server's secure name.
Locating the Server Name
In order to determine the secure server name, you will first need to locate the server name, which will be different. There are several ways to determine your server name:
- The server name is also displayed in cPanel, in the left column near the bottom
- Alternatively, you can run a traceroute test (which sometimes indicates the server name) on your domain
Determining the Secure Server Name
- Shared customers can substitute secure where it says beetle in the server name. For example, if your server name is beetle.welcomewebsite.com, then your secure server name would be https://secure25.websitewelcome.com/
- Shared customers can use their server hostname, shared temporary URL or can contact HostIcon support to determine the correct secure URL.
Using the Shared SSL
To successfully utilize shared SSL, please use the following format:
https://secure###.name.com/~cpaneluser/
Example:
https://secure123.websitewelcome.com/~bill/
These examples use bill as the cPanel username. Substitute your correct cPanel username for bill above.
Note: The shared SSL path requires the username as well as the ending forward-slash in order for it to work.