How do I activate my free SSL?

Every Hostmaria.comĀ hosting packageĀ comes with a free wildcard SSL certificate, enabling you to use the moreĀ secureĀ 'HTTPS' protocol to keep your site users secure. To activate the SSL, you’ll need to make sure you’ve pointed the domain name to our nameservers.

These are:

  • ns1.stackdns.com
  • ns2.stackdns.com
  • ns3.stackdns.com
  • ns4.stackdns.com

With that done, you need to log on your stackcp dashboard

  • WithinĀ Manage Services, selectĀ Manage Hosting
  • WithinĀ Manage Hosting, selectĀ ManageĀ on the hosting package on which you wish to activate the SSL
  • UnderĀ Security, click on theĀ SSL/TLSĀ icon
  • You will then see your domain name and an option toĀ Activate Free SSLĀ next to it -Ā select this and the SSL will be applied to your domain
  • If you’d like all your visitors to use SSL connections (i.e. for HTTPS to always be used), simply select theĀ EnableĀ option at the bottom of the page​

Once the SSL Certificate has been activated, it will take up to 30 minutes to secure your website. This is due to the changes needed to be madeĀ on our load balancers.

Here is a short video on How to activate free SSL:

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