SSL Certificate Installation Instructions and Tutorials
Archived: 2026-04-06 01:57:08 UTC
Solution ID : INFO145
Last Modified : 10/15/2025
How to Install an SSL Certificate
An SSL Certificate is a text file with encrypted data that you install on your server so that you can secure/encrypt
sensitive communications between your site and your customers. Learn more about SSL certificates.
After you create a CSR (certificate signing request) and purchase a certificate, our Validation team validates and
processes your certificate request. (Learn more about the certificate validation process.) Once validated, we issue
your SSL Certificate and send it to you via email. You can also download your SSL Certificate in your DigiCert
account.
Intermediate Certificate
When you install an SSL certificate on a server or SSL-enabled application, you’ll also need to install an
intermediate certificate. This intermediate certificate establishes the trust of your SSL certificate by tying it to your
Certificate Authority’s root certificate (your DigiCert issued SSL certificate → the intermediate certificate →
DigiCert root certificate). To complete the certificate trust chain, a Browser requires the intermediate certificate to
be present. Learn more about the role of intermediate and root certificates.
Note: For some servers (such as Microsoft), the intermediate certificates are bundled with the SSL certificate.
Language copies on the content shared above can be found here:
Source: https://www.digicert.com/kb/ssl-certificate-installation.htm
https://www.digicert.com/kb/ssl-certificate-installation.htm
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