An SSL certificate provides the padlock icon in your browser, ensuring encrypted communication between your site visitors and the server. Google now flags sites without SSL certificates, making it crucial to have one.
At Scalacoms, all sites/domains are automatically enrolled in our Auto SSL system, included free with all hosting packages. As long as your domain points to us (via nameservers or an A record), the system will automatically request and install an SSL certificate if one isn’t already present. This process is seamless and requires no action from you. Typically, it takes about 4 hours after updating the nameservers for the SSL to be requested and installed. If it takes longer or if your SSL certificate isn’t working, please contact us or follow these steps:
- Log in to cPanel.
- Navigate to the “SSL/TLS Status” section in cPanel.
There you will see the list of all the domains and subdomains in cPanel along with their SSL certificates.
- You can select the domains in the list and click "Run AutoSSL" to force AutoSSL installation for them.
To force your site to work over SSL, generally speaking, you can use a rewrite rule or go to domain and force SSL, e.g.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
This will redirect all requests for http:// to https:// but it is important that you only do this after your SSL is installed and working.
