This guide explains how to install a free SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt on a website hosted by Infomaniak.

Introduction

• Once the certificate is installed, your website will be accessible via http and https…
  • If necessary, automatically redirect all your visitors to the secure https site (❓: help).
• If you want to include a domain name alias recently added to your site that already had a certificate, you need to update it (❓: help).
• For multiple subdomains, please refer to this other guide.
• Let's Encrypt limits the installation of certificates (❓: help) to:
  • 100 subdomains
  • 20 certificates for 7 days per registered domain
  • 5 unsuccessful requests per account per hostname per hour

Install a free SSL certificate on a website

Prerequisites

• For the installation to be possible, the DNS records for the domain name must be correctly configured to point to the website in question (❓: help).
• If a change has just been made at this level, some operations may not be functional immediately.

To access the websites in order to install an SSL certificate:

1. Click here to access the hosting & website management section in your Infomaniak Manager (❓: help).
2. Click on the action menu ⋮ located to the right of the website in question.
3. Click on Install a certificate:
   
4. Choose the free certificate:
   
5. Click on the Next button at the bottom of the page.
6. Check or select the domains concerned.
7. Click on the Install button:
   
8. Please wait a few minutes until the certificate is issued on the website.