If you wish to protect the information that visitors submit on your website, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and this is a protocol employed to encrypt any data exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any data, they will not be able to read or use it in any way. The existing level of encryption makes it practically impossible to decrypt the real content, and so if you have a login form of some kind or you offer products and services online and clients submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate shall be a guarantee that the info is secure. Usually a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your site. The additional cost may matter if you manage a small online store, a non-profit organization or any other entity which does not generate a big income, so to save you the money, our cloud web hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Cloud Hosting

Given that we offer SSL certificates with our cloud hosting packages, you can quickly secure your website and use a shared IP address with only several mouse clicks. The option will be available during the order process, so if you have a dedicated IP, you could use it, but if you don't have one and you do not want to pay for this sort of a service, you can use the shared IP, that has been configured particularly for SSLs. The certificate shall work in the same exact way as if it had a dedicated IP address and the one difference will be that if anyone attempts to open the IP address as a URL, they won't see your Internet site. As our system has an auto-configuration option, the SSL shall be installed automatically the instant it is issued, so you will not need to do anything on your end after you approve it. In this way, you can have a risk-free and reliable Internet site without spending more money for that.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

The shared IP address option is available with all Linux semi-dedicated servers and the setup takes only a couple of mouse clicks inside the hosting Control Panel regardless if you purchase an SSL from our enterprise or through a third-party vendor. There shall not be any difference with regards to how the certificate operates or encrypts the information which your visitors submit, so your website will be secure without having to spend the additional cash for a dedicated IP. The one thing which will be different is that https://the-shared-IP shall not open your Internet site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it's highly unlikely that anybody will ever try to access your website in this way as opposed to typing your domain. In addition, we offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs obtained through our company and if you select it and you opt to use a shared IP address instead of a dedicated one, our system shall set everything up as soon as the SSL is approved and issued without any action on your end.