Category: SSL Installation
About our General Settings
Redirect method This setting allows you to determine how to implement the Really Simple SSL 301 redirect from HTTP to HTTPS. No redirect – Prevents Really Simple SSL from adding any redirects. Use when you prefer to manually add redirects or using a different plugin 301 PHP redirect – Only use if your server doesn’t utilize .htaccess and if your site isn’t relying on caching mechanisms (like most WordPress websites). 301 .htaccess redirect – The recommended value for Apache servers
Converting a private.pem private key to an private.key RSA private key
On some hosting environments, you are asked to provide an RSA private key, usually in the private.key format. PHP does not offer an easy way to generate this, but on the command line this can be done very simply. Open the terminal on your computer, then type the following (private.pem should be the path to the actual file): openssl rsa -in private.pem -out private.key The new private.key will will now be generated.
Hosting Providers with Free SSL
Below you will find a list of known free SSL certificates per hosting provider. If your hosting provider is not listed, but does offer free SSL Please let us know. Known hosting providers with free certificates Hosting Providers Contabo Contabo’s SSL certificates are activated by default. If this is not the case on rare occasions, you can enable SSL in your hosting panel (cPanel) with AutoSSL. Activated by default and available in cPanel if needed. Instructions can be found here.
Installing SSL on cPanel
Installing a Let’s Encrypt certificate on cPanel After generating an SSL certificate using Really Simple SSL 5.0, the SSL certificate needs to be installed. Automatic installation In most cases Really Simple SSL can install the certificate automatically for you on cPanel. To be able to do this, the cPanel API or shell functionality should be available. Really Simple SSL will detect if this is the case, and guide you through the required steps. To use shell functionality, the shell_exec function
Installing an SSL certificate on GoDaddy
Really Simple SSL 5.0 can generate a free Let’s Encrypt certificate on most GoDaddy environments, with the exception of managed hosting which comes with a free SSL certificate by default. Once you have generated the certificate using Really Simple SSL you can follow these steps to install it. First log in to your GoDaddy account and navigate to the ‘My products’ section. Click on the ‘cPanel Admin’ button next to your domain to open cPanel: Once in cPanel, go to