I host a website on shared hosting at Namecheap. I have Cpanel there. Namecheap tries to sell an SSL certificate for each web domain I have (whether if that web domain was purchased at Namecheap or at another web hosting company). The starting price is 30$ for five years, then it renews at about 3…

@humbleasker CertSage doesn't have the history, budget, or recognition behind it that certbot does, but it certainly has a great many users at this point. I developed CertSage for those using shared hosting (especially with cPanel) who want a super simple way to acquire and install their certificat…

I got an error when trying to post several screenshots from Cpanel, so here are the screenshots in separate posts each: [1]

[image] humbleasker: must I always pay money to purchase one of their SSL certificate or at least in this case, must I pay money? That depends. Do they also offer free certificates or only payed certificates? If they don't offer free certs themselves, do they offer the ability to install you…

[image] humbleasker: I can SSH into the server environment but not as root user so I can't install Certbot. You can probably use acme.sh :wink: (Just make sure its directory isn't accessible from outside)

With PHP, you may be able to use certsage. [image] Steps to install SSL to Namecheap cPanel? Help P… [image] CertSage ACME client (version 1.4.1) - easy webpage interface, optimized for cPanel, no commands to type, root not required Client dev …

From my understanding, they don't offer free cerficates. About installing one myself from the shell command line user interface; it may be possible but because it's a shared hosting without root or sudo, I don't have a clue what to try or how to start.

cPanel can install certificates using their uapi binary to communicate with the cPanel API, e.g.: uapi SSL install_ssl ...rest of command... This shouldn't require root/sudo access. Looking at the cPanel documentation at https://support.cpanel.net/hc/en-us/articles/360053404634-Using-cPanel-s-API…

[image] humbleasker: I don't have a clue what to try or how to start. Are you puzzled about how to install / use an ACME client? Or how to apply the cert to cPanel once you get one? If the former you could try the certsage link that rg305 provided. It does not require root and optimized fo…

[image] MikeMcQ: Also, acme.sh does not require root and many others do not either. acme.sh github ( link here ) says " * DOES NOT require root/sudoer access." Please note that acme.sh defaults to a commercial CA that also offers free certificates called ZeroSSL. You need to perform some things…

Must I pay money for an SSL certificate in shared hosting?

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With PHP, you may be able to use certsage.

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Must I pay money for an SSL certificate in shared hosting?

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