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After generating your Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate in Really Simple Security (step-by-step instructions here), you will have received three files: CRT, KEY and CABUNDLE. These files have to be uploaded in your MediaTemple Dashboard, after which your site will be secured with SSL. Login to the MediaTemple user portal Navigate to the “Overview” page Find your domain in the list of sites and click the domain where SSL should be installed Select “Manage SSL Certificate Options” or “SSL Options” (this

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 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

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

Hostinger offers a free SSL certificate with their hosting plans. This means you don’t have to go through the Really Simple SSL wizard to install an SSL certificate. For detailed installation instructions see this Hostinger video: