How to Request SSL Certificate for Meeting Rooms
In this guide, you will learn how to request an SSL certificate for your meeting rooms. Follow the steps below to ensure a secure and personalized setup for your meeting environment:
You can easily map your external domain to the BrainCert sub-domain using a CNAME entry in your DNS server in order to receive the performance and security benefits of BrainCert. CNAME stands for 'canonical name' and is a redirection to the zone file of the entered target domain.
After you have added the CNAME entry in your DNS server, click the 'Hostname & SSL Certificate' button in the Meeting rooms area and BrainCert will attempt to issue an SSL certificate for the custom hostname without any other validation or private key requirements. It's that simple!
Meeting rooms relies on SSL (HTTPS) to function and it will not work with external domains. BrainCert recommends using our native enterprise SSL feature for this service.
Step 1: Go to Meeting Rooms
Login to app.braincert.com. Then, Select 'Explore Meeting Rooms' as shown in the displayed Image.
Step 2: Get Hostname & SSL Certificate
Go to 'Hostname & SSL Certificate' in the Right Column of Meeting rooms.
SSL certificates are available only to paid subscribers. If you're on a free plan, please upgrade your Virtual Classroom API plan to obtain an SSL certificate for your custom hostname.
If you have a premium subscription, click on the Hostname and SSL certificate.
Step 3: Create CNAME Record in Your DNS Server
You can easily CNAME your domain to the API endpoint api.braincert.com in order to receive the performance and security benefits of BrainCert. After you add the CNAME entry to your DNS server, click the 'Request SSL Certificate' button above. Once you click the button, BrainCert will attempt to issue an SSL certificate for the custom hostname without any other validation or private key requirements.
Log in to your domain registrar's site and locate the Zone File Settings, DNS Manager, or similar area of your control panel. Here you will create a CNAME record that points your domain to api.braincert.com. You'll generally see three fields:
Alias - For example, www or live(indicating that the www.yourdomain.com or live.yourdomain.com record should point to api.braincert.com)
Record Type- Should be CNAME(indicating that you would like to point to BrainCert by using its name)
Points To - Should be api.braincert.com
Step 4: Enter Hostname and Request SSL
Enter the custom hostname that you would like to use and click "Set custom hostname".
In this example, we have used example.braincert.com as the custom hostname.
Then, Click on the "Request SSL Certificate" Button to Proceed.
Step 5: Get Your SSL Certificate
Then, Pop up will appears. Click the 'Finish' to Order your SSL Certificate.
Step 6: Turn Off CloudFlare Orange Cloud
If you currently use CloudFlare for SSL proxying, we recommend you turn off the orange cloud to the grey cloud to receive the performance and security benefits of BrainCert. Please note that this is required only for the CNAME record that is pointing to api.braincert.com. You may continue to use CloudFlare for all your other records if needed.
Step 7: Testing Your SSL Certificate
Congratulations! Now that you have completed all the steps, it is now time to verify the CNAME mapping and SSL certificate.
You can use the dig tool by using your command prompt in Windows or Mac terminal to check the CNAME mapping. You should see your hostname with the correct CNAME mapping to your API hostname api.braincert.com.
