If you'd like 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's a protocol employed to encode any info exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any info, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The current level of encryption makes it literally impossible to decrypt the actual content, and so if you have a login form of some sort or you offer services and goods online and customers submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate shall be an assurance that the info is protected. Normally a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your site. The additional cost may matter in case you manage a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which does not make a big revenue, so to save you the cash, our cloud website hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Cloud Web Hosting

Given that we offer SSL certificates with our cloud web hosting packages, you can effortlessly secure your website and use a shared IP address with just several mouse clicks. The option will be available during the order process, thus if you have a dedicated IP address, you could use it, but if you don't have one and you do not want to pay for this type of a service, you could use the shared IP, which has been set up specifically for SSLs. The certificate will work in the exact same way as if it had a dedicated IP address and the sole difference will be that if someone tries to open the IP address as a URL, they'll not see your website. Due to the fact that our system comes with an auto-configuration option, the SSL will be set up automatically the moment it's issued, so you'll not need to do anything on your end after you approve it. In this way, you'll be able to have a risk-free and reliable website without having to spend more money for that.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

Any SSL certificate could be employed with our specially configured shared IPs, therefore if you have a semi-dedicated server account, you could use this option with only several mouse clicks when you install a certificate that you purchase through us or through another vendor. For the SSLs which we offer you are also able to take advantage of another function and have our system set everything up for you. Thus as soon as you approve the SSL, the shared IP address will be set for the specific domain or subdomain and the certificate will be installed without any action required on your end, and thus any info that visitors submit on your site shall be secure. The SSL will function in the same exact way regardless if it is set on a shared or a dedicated IP and the one thing that is different between the two setups is that entering the shared IP as a URL in an Internet browser will not open your Internet site.