Category:Webhosting: Difference between revisions

Line 20:

==Lets Encrypt==

===https by default===

By default, we will generate SSL certificates for domains we host - this will use Let's Encrypt.

By default, we will generate SSL certificates for domains we host - this will use Let's Encrypt and your website will be available over https.

⚫

You can create a file called 'https' in your web space. That page, and any subdomains of it, should then automatically redirect to HTTPS. This file can be empty but must be placed at the root level - ie, the same level as the www directory (not in the www directory or in other directories)

When a new domain (or DNS record) is pointed at our web server a new certificate will need to be generated, this should happen within an hour or two, but can take longer if we happen to have a large queue of certificates to request at the time.

If a domain's certificate is not correct after 24 hours then do get in touch with Support. However, a browser may be caching a SSL cert error message, so do clear cache or try a new browser etc, just to be sure.

===Redirect http to https===

⚫

You can create a file called 'https' in your web space. That page, and any subdomains of it, should then automatically redirect to HTTPS. This file can be empty but must be placed at the root level - ie, the same level as the www directory (not in the www directory or in other directories)