Merge Signed Certificate with your Private Key

The email message from VeriSign contains your signed certificate and will look something like this:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----

MIIFZTCCBE2gAwIBAgIQewZpAA6myxiqkXRZ7a0BCzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADCByzELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxFzAVBgNVBAoTDlZlcmlTaWduLCBJbmMuMTAwLgYDVQQLEydGb3IgVGVzdCBQdXJwb3NlcyBPbmx5LiAgTm8gYXNzdXJhbmNlcy4xQjBABgNVBAsTOVRlcm1zIG9mIHVzZSBhdCBodHRwczovL3d3dy52ZXJpc2lnbi5jb20vY3BzL3Rlc3RjYSAoYykwNTEtMCsGA1UEAxMkVmVyaVNpZ24gVHJpYWwgU2VjdXJlIFNlcnZlciBUZXN0IENBMB4XDTA3MDkxNjAwMDAwMFoXDTA3MDkzMDIzNTk1OVowgbkxCzAJBgNVBAYTAkNaMQ8wDQYDVQQIEwZQcmFndWUxDzANBgNVBAcUBlByYWd1ZTEaMBgGA1UEChQRY2hpY2tlbmtpbGVyIEx0ZC4xEDAOBgNVBAsUB0lUIERlcHQxOjA4BgNVBAsUMVRlcm1zIG9mIHVzZSBhdCB3d3cudmVyaXNpZ24uY29tL2Nwcy90ZXN0Y2EgKGMpMDUxHjAcBgNVBAMUFW5ldC5jaGlja2Vua2lsbGVyLmNvbTCBnzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOBjQAwgYkCgYEAraui3tWMpNodabCffs8NL1aUWlaCq2X+rAqPFd3TCZAsa1GXm7DOf+hcOuMXtWV/CjW2zuCoYqs3G+h6yac3hJqybn+21gntaprrclpEfibF/o7hxnD9sv6+s8n6WahWkIaMwo4MkHclyLfYOcIaue9wIsztDcuXVJUaAx6Lk4sCAwEAAaOCAdcwggHTMAkGA1UdEwQCMAAwCwYDVR0PBAQDAgWgMEMGA1UdHwQ8MDowOKA2oDSGMmh0dHA6Ly9TVlJTZWN1cmUtY3JsLnZlcmlzaWduLmNvbS9TVlJUcmlhbDIwMDUuY3JsMEoGA1UdIARDMEEwPwYKYIZIAYb4RQEHFTAxMC8GCCsGAQUFBwIBFiNodHRwczovL3d3dy52ZXJpc2lnbi5jb20vY3BzL3Rlc3RjYTAdBgNVHSUEFjAUBggrBgEFBQcDAQYIKwYBBQUHAwIwHwYDVR0jBBgwFoAUZiKOgeAxWd0qf6tGxTYCBnAnh1oweAYIKwYBBQUHAQEEbDBqMCQGCCsGAQUFBzABhhhodHRwOi8vb2NzcC52ZXJpc2lnbi5jb20wQgYIKwYBBQUHMAKGNmh0dHA6Ly9TVlJTZWN1cmUtYWlhLnZlcmlzaWduLmNvbS9TVlJUcmlhbDIwMDUtYWlhLmNlcjBuBggrBgEFBQcBDARiMGChXqBcMFowWDBWFglpbWFnZS9naWYwITAfMAcGBSsOAwIaBBRLa7kolgYMu9BSOJsprEsHiyEFGDAmFiRodHRwOi8vbG9nby52ZXJpc2lnbi5jb20vdnNsb2dvMS5naWYwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQADggEBAAFhQEGdvMpjodlzve44n+9rgmxEdg3tzr4E08TOTCK1tg40PWPL5fnJ/6NK7ASXR0PprjF5bMWJh/QjZS7IRuBEL6iq7xxY7cpIEc94lP0GDYNuN0PI0KOoSUqp1RZg+fRB9WUwMCSsiYRaq+R5PrEyMMVB5Zhkik8W/Tk2OpGhEKSI8cQXO9V19WF+yiTPijrY1bZQzVXV7mVbcgxduF4+SYNtHOFcoL/51ALS1+68TewvvuYzUNsMXK0g+Y45+OKpYWddEVB47+Di9j7TjlFMPyS98c8tVYnznbSzzrl4UQYc20kAS/G9VlLCpJa4tlMfv3Lba2LLeknPtnZ1W2s=

-----END CERTIFICATE-----

Copy the signed certificate from VeriSign's email message and paste it at the end of your private key file private.pem.

Save it as a new file, for example MyCert.pem.

Note: Again, use a plain text editor only.

The result should look like this sample:

MyCert.pem sample:

-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

MIICXAIBAAKBgQCtq6Le1Yyk2h1psJ9+zw0vVpRaVoKrZf6sCo8V3dMJkCxrUZebsM5/6Fw64xe1ZX8KNbbO4Khiqzcb6HrJpzeEmrJuf7bWCe1qmutyWkR+JsX+juHGcP2y/r6zyfpZqFaQhozCjgyQdyXIt9g5whq573AizO0Ny5dUlRoDHouTiwIDAQABAoGBAJqWjQONUwPqowPRFCfsZfAdQTCokOfAglDhlTwBmDiK/P8KQcl0OFvimTZRrmjpT4vnBDJiB4DMpuFQrvuQvPj0ym1VYq6+rcUMa5p2z6UrOrloXhmJKpoSCf5OwgYdiQ0KKy6Hot59MzPl6Je6kJCczEUQ7mkHUIW0oVoEN1cBAkEA1qSus+k1IqrJZhUj9nbTpwaEu1WsEMtp6emUO87dV1ubDCpbyLrkM6gqabZRnUpqZdfdtPZ0RHttU+jf3ZZybQJBAM8h9iR7va9ioYNDY3GFXQFdA/5qQGZbaqiLd6Krvr2a3B3gZbSIIc0sPFEYyhQQ/7c/XvHSZVVtA3VCfIqbItcCQFBgGJ98O46Av6v/TJk1Q+pusXNpEGa1lTKnaf+/ZfkZb4Tts7MF8QA6/67YO9WXkSIT5IyoIT+nrHfYY0QZ2z0CQHL/5gsHcJ8JYabhKTsD0klJfUgpcavioWsGU9vLAtF+QyuLRKxg0HN7Vdmoq7lMXs08r9gO+hfduIfH7CGAVG0CQCkVdxpggzSHBecd61bbAfwEi4mbBQq+BrkXWde5+bqLD5LNf3Fy7dO3YOqSF6riFiu2tJioS6njsM5x90FWS0A=

-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----

-----END CERTIFICATE-----