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User Guide - Free SSL Certificates with Let's Encrypt
Posted by on 27 April 2017 01:00 PM
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Let's Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority (CA), run for the public’s benefit. It is a service provided by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). For more information, see https://letsencrypt.org. eApps Hosting commends ISRG for providing Let's Encrypt SSL certificates free of charge to the public. This is a valuable public service and might be a good fit for your SSL needs. However, in general, eApps recommends that you use commercial certificates for eCommerce and other high security needs, for the following reasons:
OverviewThis User Guide is designed to help you install and configure a free Let's Encrypt SSL certificate on your Virtual Server. This is a self service product that is made available to eApps customers on an as is bases. If you need assistance beyond what is included in this User Guide, or would like for eApps handle the setup of the SSL for a small one time fee, contact sales@eapps.com. WARNING: The control panels handle Let's Encrypt automatically. If a manual installation of Let's Encrypt is performed directly into the server, it will not integrate with the control panels and will cause unexpected behavior. Installing Let's Encrypt using ISPManager 5 (for Virtual Cloud Servers or PaaS servers running ISPmanager)ISPSystems has an official guide for setting up Let's Encrypt. You can find it here: https://doc.ispsystem.com/index.php/Integraion_with_Let%E2%80%99s_Encrypt Let's Encrypt is supported in ISPManager 5 only. Information on how to tell which version of ISPmanager you are using can be found here - ISPManager Versions If you are using ISPManager 4, contact sales@eapps.com for upgrade options. Installing Let's Encrypt using Jelastic (for environments that are not running ISPmanager or other control panel)Jelastic has an official guide for setting up Let's Encrypt using the Jelastic Packaging Standard (JPS). It can be installed to any environment with the following containers as an entry point:
You can find the guide here: http://blog.jelastic.com/2017/02/01/free-ssl-certificates-with-lets-encrypt/ Installing Let's Encrypt using PleskPlesk has an official guide for setting Let's Encrypt via the Extension Catalog starting with version 12.5 and up. You can find it here: https://www.plesk.com/blog/lets-encrypt-plesk/ Installing Let's Encrypt using cPanel & WHMcPanel supports setting up Let's Encrypt as a provider for their AutoSSL Plugin starting with version 58.0.17. cPanel & WHM templates provided by eApps already include the Let's Encrypt AutoSSL provider plugin. You can find instructions for using AutoSSL with Let's Encrypt here: https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/ALD/Manage+AutoSSL | |
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