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Need help on removing SSL certificate from the server
| Posted by kenbiz, 07-26-2008, 12:51 PM |
| Hi,
Can anyone show me how to remove SSL certificate from the server SSL directory?
Basically, I have forgotten the steps to do it.
I know it might be an easy task to do it, but i just have forgotten the steps.
Help is very much appreciated.
Regards,
Kenny
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| Posted by stephanhughson, 07-26-2008, 04:21 PM |
| Are you on a dedicated server?
Is it running some kind of control panel? If so, which one?
Why do you want to do this? Do you want to remove a certificate altogether or replace it with a new one?
Is the certificate to protect the actual control panel login page? (if applicable), or a website? Is it the main website on the server, or one of many?
Last of all, what web server software is it running?
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| Posted by kenbiz, 07-28-2008, 03:56 AM |
| Is ok now, I managed to get it done from a tutorial I found on a blog.
Thanks for offering your help.
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| Posted by shady954, 09-02-2008, 08:22 PM |
| I've got the same problem and was hoping someone could help.
THe SSL certificate expired in March and I tried to have a look at the sit last week, firstly I got the 'turn globals on' error, I worked out how to do that and now the site loads up sort of but with no pics and if I try and click on anything I get a error page saying
********
Secure Connection Failed
www,wholesalevitamins,com,au uses an invalid security certificate.
The certificate expired on 2/03/2008 10:59 AM.
(Error code: sec_error_expired_certificate)
************
Dont think so
cPanel X
No longer need an SSL certificate at all.
Just to protect the website, I cant login to the shopping cart back end but I can login to cPanelX.
Probably one of many sites on the server.
sorry dont know.
Web site is
Thanks for any help.
Last edited by shady954; 09-02-2008 at 08:28 PM.
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| Posted by koithara, 09-02-2008, 10:53 PM |
| This can happen if your site is redirected automatically to https URL. You may check it in the .htaccess file for this. If you don't find any try the code : from the DocumentRoot of your website.. With this you will get the list of files which have https entries, using which you may change it to http.
If you didn't get a proper result, then it could be like the default URL is set in your Database. For ex. WordPress blogs stores the default URL in its Database... In that case you will have to dig your DB as well.
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| Posted by stephanhughson, 09-03-2008, 01:56 AM |
| As you are on cpanel but not on your own server, I guess you don't have access to "WHM" which is where certificates are added or removed.
So, you probably need to contact your host and ask them to remove the certificate for you.
Also as the last poster said, you need to remove anything that redirects visitors to the secure version of your site.
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| Posted by Sheps, 09-03-2008, 07:56 AM |
| If he has a SSL certificate, he can remove it through cPanel's SSL manager.
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| Posted by shady954, 09-03-2008, 10:04 PM |
| I had a look in cPanel X in the SSL manager and it doesnt seem to have anything in there other then the option to generate Key's.
I do actually have access to WHM as I have a 'reseller' account.
I just went into WHM and removed the SSL Host.
Its still directing browsers to https://. I'm assuming there's something else I have change.
Thanks for the help
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| Posted by stephanhughson, 09-04-2008, 01:26 AM |
| Some scripts have an option that lets you redirect traffic to https, it might be in the configuration section of your script.
Or, as "koithara" wrote, if you can login via SSH, you can search for redirections in hidden, ".htaccess" files.
Redirects can even be in html "meta" tags.
What's the site? We might be able to tell based on the headers / content.
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