Tag: Hosting
Installing an SSL certificate on Simply
Simply.com offers free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates with their hosting plans. This means you don’t have to go through the Let’s Encrypt Wizard in Really Simple Security to enable an SSL certificate on Simply. The SSL certificate installation on Simply can be started by opening your Simply control panel and navigating to the ‘Website’ tab in the left sidebar. To add an SSL certificate, click on the ‘HTTPS protection’ link in the Websites tab. 2. In the HTTPS protection
Installing an SSL certificate on Plesk
After generating an SSL certificate using Really Simple Security (v5.0 and upwards), the SSL certificate needs to be installed on your server. This is usually done in a hosting control panel like Plesk (or cPanel). Automatic installation Really Simple Security can install the certificate automatically for you, if the Plesk API is available on your server. Really Simple Security will detect if this is the case and guides you through the required steps. If automatic installation is not possible, you can
Installing SSL on Subfolders
It’s not possible to install an SSL Certificate on a subfolder. To enable SSL on a subfolder you can install an SSL Certificate on your root domain. As soon as you have that installed, you also have SSL on your subfolder. The only thing left to do now is to activate SSL in Really Simple Security. Important A subfolder is different from a subdomain. The latter needs a wildcard to receive an SSL Certificate, while a subfolder can use the
How to install an SSL certificate on localhost / MAMP
If you do development on your own machine, then deploy to production, and you have an SSL certificate on your site, it is useful to have SSL on your localhost environment. This guide will walk you through all the necessary steps to get a working certificate on localhost. The instructions are based on macOS Sierra 10.12.5, using MAMP (Apache) and Chrome 59. Install MAMP The first step is to install MAMP. MAMP is a one-click solution for macOS and Windows for setting up
SSL with CloudFlare and Really Simple Security
If you are a CloudFlare user, there are a few things to consider when migrating to SSL. If you run into redirect loops when you use CloudFlare, and have activated Really Simple Security, check if you have configured below settings correctly. Page rules In CloudFlare you have the option to define page rules. If this page rule redirects all requests to http, activating Really Simple Security will result in CloudFlare forcing your site to http, and Really Simple Security forcing