I have a synology server that I want to use for regular backup of my website. The backup plugin doesn’t allow backups to local servers only online via ftp etc.
I wont have a web site on the server only backups but because the server only has a self certificate for ssl this is causing connection problems because google doesn’t rate self certified certificates as being secure and the plugin will only allow connections to secure sites.
I want a Let’s encrypt certificate but I cant seem to get one without a domain name.
Can someone please let me know the best way to deal with this?
You definitely will need a domain name in order to use Let’s Encrypt, but you might be able to get a name through Synology automatically as a subdomain of synology.me, which is one thing that a lot of users have done; could you check with Synology’s support or documentation about that possibility?
A certificate will always only valid for the hostnames for which the certificate was issued. As Let's Encrypt doesn't offer certificates for IP addresses, but only valid hostnames, you cannot use the IP address as the address in your browser. You'll need to surf to the hostname for which the certificate was specified.
Thank you very much for offering to help but I already created an ssl certificate for my domain.
I am using the server to backup my website files and it works fine.
When I log into my server on my home network and the synology home screen opens I get the “Not secure” with https crossed out in the address field at the top of the page.