{"id":1782,"date":"2019-10-16T11:34:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T11:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2024-11-16T20:07:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T20:07:29","slug":"directadmin-letsencrypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/directadmin-letsencrypt\/","title":{"rendered":"DirectAdmin Let&#8217;s Encrypt: How to install a free SSL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DirectAdmin is one of the fastest-growing web hosting control panel, especially after cPanel&#8217;s new licensing model, which increased cPanel pricing by 300% in some cases. DirectAdmin have full support do Let&#8217;s Encrypt plugin. Let&#8217;s Encrypt offers free SSL certificates for any website, with absolutely no cost. This plugin is free and can be installed in any DirectAdmin web hosting server. Let&#8217;s Encrypt can give you both wildcard or hostname based <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.ietf.org\/html\/rfc6101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSL<\/a> certificates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copahost offers web hosting plans with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/directadmin\/\">DirectAdmin <\/a>control panel and full Let&#8217;s Encrypt support. You can find more about Copahost web hosting plans with full Let&#8217;s Encrypt support here. Free SSL certificates for all your hostnames (wildcard certificates). You can also install Let&#8217;s Encrypt in VPS Servers, as long as you order a DirectAdmin license.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installing an SSL certificate in DirectAdmin using Let&#8217;s Encrypt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all, under <strong>Account Manager<\/strong>, go to <strong>SSL Certificates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/blog-directadmin-letsencrypt1.jpg\" alt=\"ssl certificates\" class=\"wp-image-1783\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, you have to click on the option <strong>Free &amp; automatic certificate from Let&#8217;s Encrypt<\/strong> as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"61\" src=\"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/blog-directadmin-letsencrypt2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1784\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this screen, you will be able to configure your free SSL certificate. Then, you have to choose the desired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/what-is-a-domain-name\/\">domain name<\/a>, and where the certificate will be installed. You can click Wildcard, to have the certificate automatically working for all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/how-to-buy-a-domain-name\/\">subdomains<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/how-to-redirect-a-url-to-another-url\/\">URLs<\/a>. Or else, can select on which subdomains (hostnames) it will work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end, there is an option Force SSL with https redirect. 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