Will certs provided by let’s encrypt work on shared web host? Can users with cPanel get a cert themselves or will the hosting company have to set it up?

Saw this fly by on Twitter from DreamHost: [image] DreamHost Care (DreamHostCare) @josheh It looks like are in fact planning to begin testing our servers with @letsencrypt soon after the public release! *DS 11:53 AM - 20 Oct 2015

Hello, We, at PulseHeberg.com , are also interested to bring free Let's Encrypt SSL certificates available to our shared hosting's customers. I'm also interested to discuss with a LE staff member about any integration of Let's Encrypt. [image] schoen: Hi @lew , you don't need an individual IP a…

[image] thomasc: But what about different domains, each one having a different LE SSL certificate on a single host (with a single IP address). It is possible with Let's Encrypt or it requires a private IP address for each domain? That sounds like it should be easier, not harder, to do …

Thanks for the explanations. I did some reading. It seems to me that SANs are not relevant in my context as the list of hosts on the IP address is constantly changing (as sites get added and removed). And it feels strange to have one certificate for a bunch of unrelated sites. But SNI seems to be w…

Also interested in this (as hosting provider). The goal here would be to provide certificates for all customer web pages BUT also for all services like smtp, imap, pop3, ftp and sql subdomains (thread about non-web usage is here Use on non-web servers? ). Validation via dns would be easiest to imple…

@arek , it’s not clear in the long run that Let’s Encrypt validation IP address will be disclosed (or constant over time), because the CA might use probing from randomized or gradually changing locations to decrease the chance that an attacker who controls a portion of the Internet can trick the vali…

Just a heads up that we have written a plugin for Let’s Encrypt for use by cPanel end users ( https://letsencrypt-for-cpanel.com/ ). Looking forward to see what the Dreamhost offering is - most control panels should have fairly simple integrations, having implemented this now. The only complication …

Does that cpanel plugin work on any host? I’ve got mutliple domains on a shared server running Apache. I have SSH access.

only if the host is using cpanel, if it’s using plesk, ispconfig or other control panel then you will need the appropriate plugin.

Shared Hosting?

Server

effg December 13, 2015, 12:59pm 24

@carstorm Yes it works! Here is a tutorial for OS X and a shared host (non-root SSH access). All you need is the option to upload SSL certs in your administration panel at your host. Actually you dont even need SSH access. You could do the domain verification via FTP too.

Topic		Replies	Views
My web hosting provider won't allow letsencrypt client to be installed Help	17	12566	December 14, 2015
: 1&1.com charges extra to give you your own server so my URL cannot access this product as I don’t own my own server or have admin privileges to it Help	9	8386	August 25, 2016
Web Hosting who support Let's Encrypt Issuance Tech	0	2686693	December 14, 2015
I have a hosting company I want Let'sEncrypt Certificates Help	132	5742	August 7, 2020
Does Let's Encrypt give a unique certificate for each domain name? Help	23	5138	September 3, 2020

Shared Hosting?

Related topics