Crazy domains is a well-known provider of Web Hosting and IT services in Australia, India and the Middle East. Crazydomains has disabled the cPanel SSL module, for no other reason than to try to force you to buy their overpriced SSL Certificates. This guide will go through how you can easily install an SSL certificate on your website through the Crazydomains hosting manager while at the same… [read more →]
HomeAssistant is an extremely popular self-hosted platform for integrating with an impressively large selection of smart home devices. HomeAssistant allows users to create rules called “Automations” that trigger on various conditions and execute actions. HomeAssistant consists of two components, “SupervisorD” (which is typically run in a docker container) and the web interface itself. For those looking… [read more →]
Vesta Control Panel or Vesta CP- powered by Softaculous is an open source hosting control panel, which can be used to manage multiple websites, create and manage email accounts, FTP accounts, and MySQL databases, manage DNS records and much more. This guide will go through how almost anyone can configure and install an SSL certificate on VestaCP within minutes. Step 1: Generating a CSR and… [read more →]
Webuzo - powered by Softaculous is a Single User Control Panel, which helps to deploy apps and more on the server. It can enable people to focus more on using applications rather than run around the clock maintaining them. This guide will go through how easily almost anyone including Uncle Joe can configure and install an SSL Certificate through the seamless Webuzo UI (User Interface). So, let’s g… [read more →]
All users of WebMin do know that it is a pretty good Web Hosting manager with tons of features, but where WebMin does not hit the ball out of the park is with its complicated UI (User Interface). Well, this guide will go-through how you can successfully install an SSL Certificate on your website through the WebMin (VirtualMin) Web Hosting Manager. Step 1: Generating a CSR and Private Key … [read more →]
This guide will take you through the entire process to make your website fully secure with the Plesk Web Hosting Manager. Step 1: Generating a CSR and Private Key Step 2: Order and Configure the SSL Certificate Step 3: Install the SSL Certificate on Plesk Step 4: Check the SSL is working Step 1. Generating a CSR and Private Key 1: Login to your Plesk Web Hosting Manager and navigate… [read more →]
Why would I want to compile OpenSSL myself? OpenSSL is a popular library used for performing various actions around SSL/TLS such as generating keypairs, creating CSRs, and testing connectivity against endpoints encrypted via SSL/TLS. While alternatives such as BoringSSL and LibreSSL do exist, OpenSSL is ubiquitous in the enterprise. OpenSSL comes pre-packed with most Linux distributions, and most… [read more →]
We all know how hard it seems to manually install an SSL Certificate on your server/hosting plan without any know-how of all the technical stuff. The good news is. This guide will go through the entire process to get you up and secure quickly. It can be used to install an SSL Certificate on your cPanel WHM. Step 1: Generating a CSR and Private Key Step 2: Order and Configure the SSL… [read more →]
Intermediate certificates are often a topic of confusion. It’s understandable. We pay a lot of attention to root certificates as they require a lot of active management on the client. Leaf certificates on the endpoint are the star of the show – they’re what we’re trying to validate in the first place. But intermediate certificates? Unless something goes horribly wrong we often don’t think about them. Why… [read more →]
FTPS has always been a topic of much confusion among systems administrators. It has also largely fallen out of favor in deference to SFTP which has fewer networking requirements. But what is the difference between FTPS and SFTP? What about FTPS is so complicated? FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is simply FTP over SSL/TLS. Remember, SSL/TLS is protocol agnostic, and any communication protocol… [read more →]
