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How to Install Certificates on OS X Mavericks


This article will go into detail on how to install certificates on OS X Mavericks.
September 25, 2018
Mac OS X Mavericks Server (10.9): How to Install Your SSL Certificate
Installing the Certificate
- Open the ZIP file containing your SSL Certificate and save the SSL Certificate file (yourdomain_com.crt) to the desktop of your Mac server.
Keep this folder open so that you can readily access your SSL Certificate (yourdomain_com.crt) and the XYZ RSA Intermediate Certificates (ex: XYZ.crt) files.
- Open the Server App.
In the Finder window, under Favorites, click Applications and then double-click Server.

- In the Server window, do one of the following actions to select the server on which you want to install your SSL Certificate.
Note: You should select the server on which you created the CSR.
- To install the certificate on this server
- Select This Mac – YourServerName and then click Continue.
- Enter your Administrator Name and Administrator Password and then click Connect.
- To install the certificate on another server
- Select Other Mac and then click Continue.
- Enter your Host Name or IP Address, your Administrator Name and Administrator Password, and then click Connect.

- To install the certificate on this server
- In the Server window, under Server, click Certificates.

- On the Certificates page, double-click on the Pending certificate that you created when generating the CSR.
- On your certificates page (i.e. www.yourdomain.com), under Certificate Files, in the Drag files received from your certificate vendor here box, drag-and-drop your SSL Certificate (yourdomain_com.crt) and the XYZ.crt files.
Hold down the command key, select both files, and then drag them to the box and drop them.


- Click OK.
Assigning the Certificate
- In the Server window, under Server, click Certificates.

- On the Certificates page, in the Secure services using drop-down list, select Custom.
- In the Service Certificates window, in the Certificate drop-down list, select your new SSL Certificate for each Service to which you want to assign it.
For example, in the Certificate drop-down list for Websites (Server Website – SSL) select your new SSL Certificate.

- When you are finished, click OK.
- Your SSL Certificate should now be installed and assigned to your respective Services.