I have seen on the A2Hosting site some indication that you/they are not working WELL together at this point. Their support team is below average, so I’m hoping someone here might suggest a “workaround.” Obviously, you get inquiries from VERY tech-savvy people & others much less so. With “shared hosting,” I’m probably in the bottom half, so please go light on "jargon,"if possible.
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My domain is:blackleopardredwolf.com
My web server is (include version): Sorry, do not know … but A2Hosting is on your list and you’re on theirs as working with one another.
The operating system my web server runs on is (include version):don’t know
My hosting provider, if applicable, is:A2Hosting
I can login to a root shell on my machine (yes or no, or I don’t know):idk
I’m using a control panel to manage my site (no, or provide the name and version of the control panel):cPanel
The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version or certbot-auto --version if you’re using Certbot):idk
Thanks for the quick reply. A2Hosting says that theirs is (meant to be) a system whereby everything happens automatically. However, the key screen accessed from cPanel says something like “Auto Update failed.” … This is as simple as it’s raining and I have no umbrella. I’d LOVE to swap things like “NOT SECURE” currently showing up if I type www.blackleopardredwolf.com … and WARNING etc. if I type https://blackleopardredwolf.com … for the opposites, which clearly is what SSL and Let’s Encrypt are all about. I’m willing to go through a manual process, but I’m not at all sure that is technically feasible with this host AND with my “shared hosting.”
You actually already have an SSL certificate that expires on December 24.
So as long as that issue disappears before then (and I'm betting it'll resolve on its own once A2's cPanel servers update), you don't need to do anything.
"NOT SECURE" in your browser means that you are accessing your domain insecurely.
It does not mean that there's a problem with your certificate.
You may wish to automatically setup a redirect from the insecure to the secure version of your site. You can read about doing that here: Force HTTPS Redirection | cPanel Blog
I don't see any warning when I visit that link. I see a working Let's Encrypt certificate.
Maybe try closing your browser tabs and opening them again?
The only loose end at this point is/are my “addon domains.” This seems to be very common and very helpful to me - the ability to essentially piggy-back a handful of “parked” domain names on a functioning website.
Darn - one another glitch… You gave me a neat link to some material about “redirects” using cPanel. I guess different hosts can “customize” things, and that column referenced in that post … does not exist with my host.
I’m thinking that one can accomplish the goal via .htaccess, … but I’m not all that sure … and I’ve read a variety of “solutions” online. If you can point me to the one you think best, I’ll be grateful!
I just want to say how ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL this forum … and the person who helped me are!
All problems resolved, … and I wish that both Let’s Encrypt and A2Hosting could “take a bow.” The former seems to have dealt with a nasty side-effect of the probably necessary change in “the internet” to emphasize using it securely - the side-effect where millions of small websites were “red lined” in the process … and could only escape that by paying an unreasonably large sum.
And A2Hosting for “getting it together” to serve its users. I gather that it’s far from alone, but I had used 2 other hosts previously, and they apparently couldn’t be troubled to implement this elegant solution!