Adding SSL certificates to vCanopy Sites – An Overview
It is very easy to add SSL Certificates from the free Let’s Encrypt Certificate Provider to the domains associated with your vCanopy site. This will allow your site and it’s domains to be served by the encrypted HTTPS protocol, and your visitors will also benefit from the speed increased enabled by HTTP2 which only works […]
Provisioning an SSL for a domain using DNS API Domain verification by Proxy Challenge
PROXY CHALLENGE SSL USE CASE The proxy challenge method is specifically useful for cases where you do not manage a website’s DNS. This allows you to provision an SSL for a website BEFORE you set the DNS records live. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Sign up for an account at a DNS Provider Store your DNS […]
Provisioning a Wildcard SSL for a domain using DNS API Domain verification
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Sign up for an account at a DNS Provider Store your DNS Provider API Keys in vCanopy Step 1. Go to the Sites Section of the vCanopyControl Panel Step 2. Open the Site Customization Panel for your Active site Step 3. Ensure Domain API Integration is set to Full Step 4. […]
Provisioning a Wildcard SSL for a domain using DNS API Domain verification by Proxy Challenge
PROXY CHALLENGE SSL USE CASE The proxy challenge method is specifically useful for cases where you do not manage a website’s DNS. This allows you to provision an SSL for a website BEFORE you set the DNS records live. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Sign up for an account at a DNS Provider Store your DNS […]
Provisioning an SSL for a domain using DNS API Domain verification
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Sign up for an account at a DNS Provider Store your DNS Provider API Keys in vCanopy Step 1. Go to the Sites Section of the vCanopy Control Panel Step 2. Open the Site Customization Panel for your Active site Step 3. Ensure Domain API Integration is set to Full Step […]
I got an email from Let’s Encrypt about my SSL expiring, what do I do?
Let’s Encrypt sends notifications about your SSL’s and it can be an email like the following: ———— Hello, Your certificate (or certificates) for the names listed below will expire in 19 days (on 01 Apr 20 16:00 +0000). Please make sure to renew your certificate before then, or visitors to your website will encounter errors. […]