Let's Encrypt is a free, automated SSL Cer­ti­fic­ate Authority. Using Let's Encrypt is a fast, free way to obtain an SSL cer­ti­fic­ate for your website. With Plesk, you can create and deploy a Let's Encrypt SSL cer­ti­fic­ate with just a few clicks.

For any Cloud Server with Plesk, ad­min­is­trat­ive functions like adding an SSL cer­ti­fic­ate should always be done using the Plesk interface.

Re­quire­ments

  • A Cloud Server with Plesk Onyx (any operating system)
    This tutorial uses the Power User view. You can change the Plesk view by clicking Change View at the bottom of the column on the left.
  • Firewall Access
    If you have a firewall, you will need to allow access to port 443 in order to allow secure HTTPS traffic to and from your server.
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Create and install a Let's Encrypt SSL cer­ti­fic­ate

Go to Websites & Domains.

Go to Let's Encrypt for the website you wish to secure.

Enter your email address, and select the options for www and webmail (if ap­plic­able). Then click Install.

After the in­stall­a­tion process completes, you will be able to access an SSL-secured version of your website at https://example.com.

Note

Let's Encrypt cer­ti­fic­ates are only valid for 90 days. Plesk will auto­mat­ic­ally renew the cer­ti­fic­ate every month.

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