If you want to protect the information that visitors submit on your site, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and that 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 information, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The present level of encryption makes it literally impossible to decrypt the authentic content, therefore if you have a login form of some sort or you offer services and products online and customers submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate shall be an assurance that the data is protected. Usually a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your website. The additional cost may matter if you manage a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which does not generate a big profit, so to save you the cash, 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 plans, you can easily secure your Internet site and use a shared IP address with only several clicks. The option will be available during the order procedure, hence if you have a dedicated IP address, you could use it, but if you don't have one and you don't want to pay for such a service, you could use the shared IP, which has been configured especially for SSLs. The certificate shall work in the same exact way as if it had a dedicated IP and the one difference shall be that if anyone tries to open the IP address as a URL, they will not see your website. Since our system features an auto-configuration option, the SSL will be set up automatically once it is issued, so you will not need to do anything on your end after you approve it. In this way, you could have a secure and reliable Internet site without spending extra money for that.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can use a shared IP for an SSL obtained through us or through any other dealer with any of our semi-dedicated servers. The setup is extremely easy and if you acquire the certificate from our company, you can also take advantage of our SSL wizard where with only a few clicks you can select the SSL to be installed automatically for the selected domain or subdomain on the shared IP address which is configured to be used for this purpose. This option will save you time and efforts since you'll not need to do anything after you approve the SSL through email, not mentioning the money you shall save for the IP on a monthly basis. Your website shall be protected and any customer will feel assured that their info shall be protected as using a shared IP address doesn't affect the proper operation of the certificate and the sole difference from using a dedicated one is that the IP cannot be used as a URL to access your website.