SSL & Website Security

Generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) using OpenSSL (Apache & mod_ssl, NGINX) A CSR is a file containing your certificate application information, including your Public Key. Generate your CSR and then copy and paste the CSR file into the web form in the enrollment process: Generate keys and certificate: To generate a pair of private […]

This guide will walk you through the steps to create a Certificate Signing Request, (CSR for short.) SSL certificates are the industry-standard means of securing web traffic to and from your server, and the first step to getting your own SSL is to generate a CSR. This guide is written specifically for Ubuntu. Log onto […]

This is a case of general security. At a minimum do the following steps: Delete the file you found in wp-admin Delete the htaccess file Download the official wordpress from wordpress.org and upload it to your server, overwriting anything it finds. If possible delete the wp-admin and wp-includes folders and any files starting with wp- […]

Now we can request a certificate for our website: Go to Websites & Domains and find your website. Find the Let’s Encrypt menu item for that domain. Enter a valid e-mail address. This is used to send urgent notifications and for lost key recovery. If your domain is also available with the www subdomain, make […]

SSL support for your site is enabled: Go to the Hosting Settings for your domain. Look for the Security section. Make sure the box next to SSL/TLS support is ticked. Double-check that the correct Let’s Encrypt certificate is selected. Save your settings. Configure Let’s Encrypt for this domain.