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How to manage SSL certificates in Kiravo

Open your website in the Enhance control panel. In the website’s top menu, choose Advanced → Security. The page shows SSL certificates.

View the SSL certificates list

Section titled “View the SSL certificates list”

The table contains these columns:

  • Status
  • Domain
  • Certificate
  • Force HTTPS
  • Expiry date

Each domain row has a three-dot menu. The example below shows Active under Status and Self signed under Certificate.

Security page with the SSL certificates table, Force HTTPS switch, and Install custom SSL button

Request a Let’s Encrypt certificate

Section titled “Request a Let’s Encrypt certificate”
  1. In SSL certificates, find the row for the domain you want to manage.
  2. Open its three-dot menu.
  3. Choose Request Let’s Encrypt certificate.
  4. Review any message returned by the panel. Check the domain’s Status, Certificate, and Expiry date in the list afterwards.

Mail SSL

Section titled “Mail SSL”

The same row menu also contains Request Let’s Encrypt certificate for mail. Use that separate action when requesting the mail certificate.

Domain row menu with Request Let's Encrypt certificate, the separate mail certificate action, and Certificate details

View certificate details

Section titled “View certificate details”

Choose Certificate details from the domain’s three-dot menu. The page has Certificate details and Mail certificate details sections. Each contains Certificate and Private key values with copy buttons.

Keep the Private key values out of screenshots and shared messages. Use the Manage SSL back link to return to the certificate list.

Install a custom SSL certificate

Section titled “Install a custom SSL certificate”

The form asks for Domain, Certificate (CRT), and Private key.

  1. In SSL certificates, click Install custom SSL.
  2. Select Domain. The selector in this account lists the website domain and its mail. hostname.
  3. Paste the certificate into Certificate (CRT), or use the Upload file button beside that field.
  4. Paste the private key into Private key, or use its separate Upload file button.
  5. Review the selected domain and both fields, then click Upload. Read any message returned by the panel and check the certificate list afterwards.

Use Cancel to close the form without uploading.

Install custom SSL certificate form with Domain selected, empty Certificate and Private key fields, separate Upload file buttons, Cancel, and Upload

Force HTTPS

Section titled “Force HTTPS”

The Force HTTPS column contains a switch on the domain’s row.

  1. Find the intended Domain in SSL certificates.
  2. Check its Status, Certificate, and Expiry date.
  3. Use that row’s Force HTTPS switch to turn the option on or off.
  4. Check the resulting switch state and any message displayed by the panel.