Install SSL certificate for Plesk

SwSoft install it’s own certificate during Plesk installation but because it’s a self-signed certificate it gives you a warning message while accessing Plesk control panel. If you wish, you can purchase your own SSL certificate and replace it with the default certificate.

Issue your new SSL certificate using the server hostname say ‘server.yourdomain.com’ and place it under the configuration directory of Plesk located at “/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/“.
The default certificate is named as “httpsd.pem”.
Name the new certificate as “httpsd-new.pem” and place it under the same configuration directory.
Edit the Plesk configuration file “httpsd.conf” and search for the following line:

SSLCertificateFile “/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/httpsd.pem”

replace it with

SSLCertificateFile “/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/httpsd-new.pem”

Save the file and restart the ‘psa’ service:

service psa stop
service psa start

Once done, access Plesk using the hostname as https://server.yourdomain.com:8443. This will make sure you won’t receive a warning message while accessing Plesk control panel.

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