You will need to order the SSL Add-on service first for your hosting account. You can do this through our add-on section in the control panel. Then once you ordered this add-on service and the billing department has provisioned it. You will need to order and install an SSL Certificate. Please read our knowledge base article on how to order and install an SSL Certificate. Once you have installed the SSL Certificate on your site account. Please read our blog post article on how to redirect request from http to https.
So iv'e purchased the SSL AddOn and requested a RapidSSL cert. Just out of curiosity how long does the validation process usually take before I can install my certificate? A week, or would you say less?
Yeah it all depends on how fast you approve it. Remember once you approve the SSL Certificate (when you get the email message from them to click on the link to approve it). The SSL Certificate will be sent to the email address that was used to order the SSL Certificate (not the approval email address).