Let’s Encrypt — Install Free SSL | Shared Hosting

I had several domains on Namecheap and my 1-year free SSL is now expired. So should I pay 30 bucks for renewal or do something else?

So this is my website, no SSL 😔

Let’s start installing free SSL now::

I’m using Namecheap `Stellar Hosting`

#1 Open Terminal:

If you have shared hosting, open terminal from cPanel or if you have dedicated hosting or VPS, simply connect with SSH.

Go to your root directory

cd ~

Enter this command in your root directory

curl https://get.acme.sh | sh

Acme.sh is an open-source repo https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh

To verify install::

ls .acme.sh

#2 Issue SSL Certificate:

For issuing, a regular certificate, use this command:

.acme.sh/acme.sh -—issue -d DOMAIN_NAME -w DOMAIN_DIRECTORY —debug

Acme supports the following modes:

• Webroot mode
• Standalone mode
• Standalone tls-alpn mode
• Apache mode
• Nginx mode
• DNS mode
• DNS alias mode
• Stateless mode

If you want to issue certificate with Standalone tls-alpn mode

.acme.sh/acme.sh -—issue -d DOMAIN_NAME -w DOMAIN_DIRECTORY —debug --alpn --test

For more advanced options:: https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/wiki/How-to-install

All the generated certificates will be stored in:

.acme.sh/DOMAIN_NAME/

#3 Install SSL Certificate (cPanel):

1. Login to your cPanel
2. Go to SSL/TLS

3. Click On Manage SSL Sites

4. Scroll all the way down to

5. Select your domain

6. Copy certificates from

CRT => cat .acme.sh/DOMAIN_NAME/DOMAIN_NAME.cer

KEY => cat .acme.sh/DOMAIN_NAME/DOMAIN_NAME.key

CABUNDLE you can leave empty

7. Done!

Remember: It may take a few minutes to completely roll out the changes