Nexcess Knowledge Base

A Standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) server certificate is issued by the Certificate Authority (CA) and provides the lowest level of validation available.

Nexcess clients can learn how to perform various operations with SSL certificates for system services with NodeWorx.

Learn how to obtain an Extended Validation (EV) standard SSL certificate, the highest level of SSL certification. Nexcess is a certificate reseller of GeoTrust True BusinessID with EV certificates.

A chain of SSL certificates contains all of the SSL certificates (root, intermediate, and end user) issued by a Certificate Authority (CA) required to verify the subject in the hierarchy of trust.

Learn how Nexcess clients on physical (non-cloud) servers can recreate SSL keys by either using SiteWorx or the command line interface (CLI).

Getting an SSL certificate first requires you to generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR), and some require you to specify “domain.com” or “www.domain.com” as the common name of your website.

How to cancel an existing SSL certificate attached to a Nexcess service from within your Nexcess Client Portal.

Extended Validation certificates — or Subject Alternative Name (SAN) certificates — allow a domain owner to assign multiple domains and sub-domains to a single SSL certificate.

Learn about the frequently misunderstood benefits of dedicated IP addresses.

Multi-domain SSL certificates — or Subject Alternative Name (SAN) certificates — allows one IP address to serve multiple domains and subdomains, though all of those domains must have the same owner.