# How do I get free SSL cetrificate for my subdomain which is used to host my web aplplication **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [December 25, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-do-i-get-free-ssl-cetrificate-for-my-subdomain-which-is-used-to-host-my-web-aplplication/141299 "2020-12-25T05:02:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AravinthSankar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@AravinthSankar](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/AravinthSankar)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-do-i-get-free-ssl-cetrificate-for-my-subdomain-which-is-used-to-host-my-web-aplplication/141299/1 "2020-12-25T05:02:09Z")
My sub domain is car-source.ieng.tech The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): windows server 2019. My hosting provider, if applicable, is Hostpapa. I'm using a control panel to manage my site. I'm a beginner on this topic. Your help would be highly appreciated. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![griffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/griffin/32/50204_2.png) [@griffin](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/griffin)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-do-i-get-free-ssl-cetrificate-for-my-subdomain-which-is-used-to-host-my-web-aplplication/141299/2 "2020-12-25T05:04:32Z")
Welcome to the Let's Encrypt Community 🙂 > **[Getting Started - Let's Encrypt - Free SSL/TLS Certificates](https://letsencrypt.org/getting-started/)** > > To enable HTTPS on your website, you need to get a certificate (a type of file) from a Certificate Authority (CA). Let’s Encrypt is a CA. In order to get a certificate for your website’s domain from Let’s Encrypt, you have to... > **[How It Works - Let's Encrypt - Free SSL/TLS Certificates](https://letsencrypt.org/how-it-works/)** > > Last updated: Oct 18, 2019 The objective of Let’s Encrypt and the ACME protocol is to make it possible to set up an HTTPS server and have it automatically obtain a browser-trusted certificate, without any human intervention. This is... ---
**Author:** ![AravinthSankar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@AravinthSankar](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/AravinthSankar)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-do-i-get-free-ssl-cetrificate-for-my-subdomain-which-is-used-to-host-my-web-aplplication/141299/3 "2020-12-25T05:12:30Z")
Hi Griffin, Thanks for your reply. I'm a beginner on this subject. Could you please advise in detail on how to generate/create an SSL for my subdomain? thanks. ---
**Author:** ![griffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/griffin/32/50204_2.png) [@griffin](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/griffin)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-do-i-get-free-ssl-cetrificate-for-my-subdomain-which-is-used-to-host-my-web-aplplication/141299/4 "2020-12-25T05:26:44Z")
Either you need to use a built-in solution from your hosting provider (like AutoSSL) or you need to install an [ACME client](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/client-options/). Below is a link to the recommended one. There is a lot of documentation with examples there to get you started. Which [ACME client](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/client-options/) is best for you depends upon your operating system and webserver software (e.g. apache, linux). > **[Certbot - Get Help](https://certbot.eff.org/help/)** > > Automatically enable HTTPS on your website with EFF's Certbot, deploying Let's Encrypt certificates. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/3X/c/a/ca6c06ea1ea201324bba7048c6841ce60236468d.png) [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 5:26am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-do-i-get-free-ssl-cetrificate-for-my-subdomain-which-is-used-to-host-my-web-aplplication/141299/5 "2021-01-24T05:26:48Z")
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