Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion Server) & SSL
jcgomez said 8 months ago:
Has anyone successfully installed godaddy’s SSL certificates on Lion Server? If so, please list the steps as godaddy does not have installation instructions for Lion. Thank you in advance.
steves said 8 months ago:
@jcgomez
We do not currently have any steps for OSX 10.7, however we do have them for OSX 10.6. I am unsure how similar the steps are between the two operating systems, however if similar this link may help:
http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/5722
-Steve
jcgomez said 8 months ago:
Thank you. They are not similar.
jcgomez said 8 months ago:
Steve,
I think the problem is that the SSL cert files need to be .pem files not .crt files. When you down load the SSL files there is not an option for OS X 10.7, and thus, the files are downloaded in an incompatible format.
What say GoDaddy?
steves said 8 months ago:
@jcgomez
If you require a .pem file then you will need to use a converter to get the .crt file converted into a .pem file. There are several converters available online that will do this. One option is the tool at sslshopper.com.
https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-converter.html
You will need to convert it to DER than to PEM.
Hope this helps!
-Steve
k4tay said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:
Same problem here. Just got off the phone with Apple support and am reinstalling from scratch before trying gain to call them back
dengarry said 6 months, 1 week ago:
I did this the other day with Lion. No problem. I have videos. Post here again if you still need help.
koltzc said 6 months, 1 week ago:
dengarry, Can you please post the links? I am need of doing this now and I am sure others will need this as well so posting here would be good.
koltzc said 6 months, 1 week ago:
I am in need of the videos if you could post the links here as well as others will in the future need them as well. I got here by googling.
JasonP said 6 months, 1 week ago:
@dengarry
If you have links that would be helpful, you are more than welcome to post them.
Jason
dengarry said 6 months, 1 week ago:
Hey guys, I am not allowed to post the videos as they are not mine to give out. You can pay for the use of them at Lynda.com.
So I wrote out the steps for you all because I am such a nice guy.
I got a certificate to cover 5 domains, so this is how I installed it. I was told the main domain name and the www domain name were covered so at the point where you enter all your domains into the GoDaddy.com certificate I only had to enter the other domains like mail.domain.com etc.
ok, here we go:
Create Our Self-Signed Certificate
Server app
Under Hardware, select your sever
Click “Settings” tab
across from “SSL Certificate” click “Edit”
click on gear with arrow button and select “Manage Certificates”
click the “+” button and select “Create a certificate identity”
the defaults should be your sever name, “self signed root”, and “ssl server”
check “Let me override defaults”
click “continue” and then “continue” again
choose the period of time you will be buying the certificate for. If its one year leave defaults
click “continue”
fill in the next screen with your info and click “continue”
keep clicking “continue” leaving defaults until you get to “Subject Alternate Name Extension” page
in the “dNSName:” field put in all the domains you will be using the certificate for, separated only by a space between each entry.
example: domain.com server.domain.com http://www.domain.com mail.domain.com auto discover.domain.com
You can take out IP address
click “continue”
now your certificate is created
click “done” and allow keychain alert
click “OK” and now in the “certificate” menu you will see your new certificate. Select it. leave it there for now.
login to your GoDaddy.com account and go to your “manage certificates” area and under credits click on the request certificate link
the CSR window will open.
go back to your lion server where you can see the certificate you created and click the gear and arrow button and choose “generate certificate signing request (CSR)”
copy the code in the box and paste it in the CSR box in the go daddy.com page. close the lion server code box window you just copied out of.
now enter each domain name you are using in the “New Subject Alt Name” box and click add after each one.
click “next” and verify your entries and then click “next” and then “finished”
they send you an email and you verify
when your certificate is ready in the certificates area of your godaddy.com account, click it and click download button.
select the 10.6 option…..yes I know this is for 10.7….just choose 10.6….trust me
click “download”
now go back to server app and click “edit” across from “SSL Certificate” under settings tab
select the self-signed certificate you created in the menu
click the gear and arrow button and choose “replace certificate with signed or renewed certificate”
drag the newly downloaded .crt file into the window (not the file that starts with gd_)
click “replace certificate”
last step
open keychain access
click “system” in “Keychains” column
click “certificates” in “Categaory” column
drag newly downloaded .crt file into the window (this is the one that starts with gd_)
go back to server app and click “edit” across from “SSL Certificate” in the “Settings” tab and select your new GoDaddy.com certificate in the certificate menu
if you want you can now select “custom” in that same menu and assign each of the listed services the new certificate.
your server name should then populate the area next to the “SSL Certificate” section of the “Settings” tab.
Who’s Your DADDY now!?!
dengarry said 6 months, 1 week ago:
oops, that link is not supposed to be a link. it was just an example.
ethan18genesis said 6 months, 1 week ago:
I have Lion OS– Go Daddy POP/SMTP was working fine with Mail since I loaded in August and overecame intial problems. Last week I travelled from Europe to US and now Im back in Europe–and I cant seem to configure the setting in Mail to work with GoDaddy.
Can anyone help?
Please post steps (proper ports and whethere to check or uncheck SSL)
– thank you so much
JasonP said 6 months ago:
@ethan18genesis
Looks like your issue is with an email client, not an SSL.
Using Apple Mail with Your Email:
http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/4874
Jason
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