SSL

  1. 2 min read

    Maintaining website security includes renewing SSL certificates regularly to encrypt server-customer communications. Liquid Web streamlines this process with AutoRenew for SSL certificates, ensuring timely updates.

  2. 1 min read

    Managing SSL’s in your Cloud Sites platform is a little different than similar processes on a cPanel or core-managed server. However, the Certificate Signing Request, or CSR, is still the necessary first step in the process. Once you’ve generated a CSR (certificate signing request), it will be stored in your Cloud Sites control panel. This article will show you how you can retrieve that CSR if you need it for anything.

  3. 3 min read

    SSL certificates secure web traffic with public key encryption, verifying website legitimacy. Paid SSL certificates are signed by trusted certificate authorities (CAs) that verify website identity. Servers with self-signed SSL certificates may trigger browser warnings. While self-signed certificates don’t compromise web traffic security, they prompt warnings in browsers. Accepting self-signed certificates or installing service SSL certificates can resolve this issue.

  4. 2 min read

    SSL Certificates are managed on the FileServer component of your Cloud Server infrastructure. As such, they can be installed and maintained on your Cloud Server in the same way that you would manage them on a regular cPanel server or Core-Managed server.

  5. 2 min read

    A certificate signing request (CSR) is information generated by your server that is necessary to apply for a SSL certificate. It contains information about your website, but it’s encoded. Instead of trying to learn the notation and encode a CSR yourself, the Cloud Sites control panel can do all that for you. All you have to do is enter your information.