Obtain an SSL Certificate

It is necessary to obtain a valid certificate signed either by a well-known certificate authority, or by your own internal certificate authority.

The SSL certificate can be either of the following:

• A wildcard certificate

  A wildcard SSL certificate secures your website's URL and an unlimited number of its subdomains. For example, a single wildcard certificate for *.ctera.com can secure both company01.ctera.com and company02.ctera.com.

  A wildcard certificate is mandatory if you plan for your service to consist of more than one virtual portal.

  

• A domain certificate

  A domain certificate secures a single domain or subdomain only. For example: company01.ctera.com.

  This option is relevant if you are planning to provision a single virtual portal only.

  

  	Tip
  	To obtain a self-signed certificate for testing and evaluation purposes only, contact CTERA Support at http://www.ctera.com/support and specify your CTERA Portal's DNS suffix see Obtain your Portal's DNS Suffix). CTERA will generate a self-signed certificate for your DNS suffix and provide you with a ZIP file that you can upload to your CTERA Portal environment.
  	Tip
  	CTERA Portal also supports certificates with Subject Alternative Names (SAN certificates). This option enables you to secure multiple domain names with a single certificate.