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  • EddyTheDog
    Just Doing My Own Thing
    • Jan 2011
    • 25433
    #1

    Setting up SSL?

    I got one of those cheap SSL certs from NameCheap so I could play with FaceBook apps - I have to admit its the first time I have needed to do it.....

    Is it as complicated as it looks?

    Also is it even what I need?! - It was VERY cheap....
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    • shake
      frc
      • Jul 2003
      • 4663
      #2
      Originally posted by EddyTheDog
      I got one of those cheap SSL certs from NameCheap so I could play with FaceBook apps - I have to admit its the first time I have needed to do it.....

      Is it as complicated as it looks?

      Also is it even what I need?! - It was VERY cheap....

      It should do the job. Yeah you can get SSL certs for under $10 these days for a non-wildcard ones without all the fancy stuff.

      One thing I didn't realize at first, is that for apache to run at all on the server once SSL is setup, the SSL must be configured correctly - that is your non-secure site won't run either, so it's best to test on a spare box if you have important things running there.

      As for instructions - it depends on what server (probably apache) and if you have any control panels, as some like Plesk do the configuration for you.
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        • stach14
          M3Server.com
          • May 2011
          • 667
          #3
          Have you talked with your host about installing it? I know we do these all the time for our clients. Might save you some brain cells and time, ask them.
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            • EddyTheDog
              Just Doing My Own Thing
              • Jan 2011
              • 25433
              #4
              Originally posted by shake
              It should do the job. Yeah you can get SSL certs for under $10 these days for a non-wildcard ones without all the fancy stuff.

              One thing I didn't realize at first, is that for apache to run at all on the server once SSL is setup, the SSL must be configured correctly - that is your non-secure site won't run either, so it's best to test on a spare box if you have important things running there.

              As for instructions - it depends on what server (probably apache) and if you have any control panels, as some like Plesk do the configuration for you.
              Thanks!

              I think I will just set up a shared host account then with cP. As I said, its just so I can play with FB.

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                • EddyTheDog
                  Just Doing My Own Thing
                  • Jan 2011
                  • 25433
                  #5
                  Originally posted by stach14
                  Have you talked with your host about installing it? I know we do these all the time for our clients. Might save you some brain cells and time, ask them.
                  lol - I must be the best customer for a host - I hate asking for anything - I see guys asking for them to set up WP for them and I just cringe....

                  The other thing is by getting someone else to do everything for you, you never learn anything. If I do it this way and learn from it I consider it another area of knowledge I have.

                  These days knowledge is power!!

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