Setup guide

permanently trust the certificate when prompted. They will encounter the warning first on the

Upload

This option allows the SAFARI Montage Admin to upload a commercial SSL certificate from a

commercial certificate vendor such as VeriSign, Thawte, or Commodo, or perhaps a certificate

of your own. With commercial certificates from a trusted authority, there will be no browser

security warnings for any users. Be aware that SSL vendors offer free SSL certificates that expire

within 90 days, but these temporary certificates are not signed by the trusted authority. This

means that temporary certificates from commercial SSL vendors will still cause the browser to

display warnings. You must purchase a full, commercial SSL certificate if you want your users

to never see any SSL warnings.

Every SSL Certificate has a corresponding Private Key that is stored on the web server. Your

Private Key is generated at the same time as your “Certificate Signing Request.” See “Certificate

Signing Request” below. SAFARI Montage provides you with two options with regard to the

Private Key (1) uploading your own, and (2) generating one in SAFARI Montage when you

create your CSR. The first method, uploading your own, would be used in cases where you have

generated your CSR and Private Key outside of SAFARI Montage. The second method allows

you to generate your Private Key and CSR directly in SAFARI Montage.

Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

When you purchase a commercial SSL certificate, the vendor will ask you for a “Certificate

Signing Request” (simply some lines of encrypted text). Most certificate vendors will require

that you to paste the CSR text directly into their online form during checkout. The Admin page,