If you want to protect the data that visitors submit on your website, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and this is a protocol employed to encode any info exchanged between a website and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any information, they'll not be able to read or use it in any way. The present level of encryption makes it virtually impossible to decrypt the actual content, therefore if you have a login form of some kind or you offer services and goods online and clients submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate shall be a guarantee that the information is secure. Typically a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your Internet site. The additional cost may matter when you run a small online shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity that doesn't generate a big profit, so to save you the cash, our cloud hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Cloud Hosting

Since we offer SSL certificates with our cloud hosting packages, you can quickly secure your website and use a shared IP address with only a few mouse clicks. The option will be available during the order procedure, hence if you have a dedicated IP address, you'll be able to use it, but if you do not have one and you don't want to pay for this sort of a service, you could use the shared IP, which has been configured specifically for SSLs. The certificate shall work in the exact same way as if it had a dedicated IP address and the one difference shall be that if somebody attempts to open the IP address as a URL, they'll not see your site. Since our system has an auto-configuration option, the SSL will be set up automatically the instant it's issued, so you shall not need to do anything on your end after you approve it. That way, you could have a protected and reliable site without spending extra money for that.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

The shared IP address option is available with all semi-dedicated hosting plans and the setup takes merely two mouse clicks in the hosting CP regardless if you buy an SSL from our enterprise or from a third-party vendor. There won't be any difference with regards to how the certificate works or encrypts the information that your site visitors submit, so your Internet site will be secure without having to spend any additional money for a dedicated IP address. The only thing which will be different is that https://the-shared-IP won't open your Internet site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it's extremely unlikely that anybody will ever try to access your internet site in this way instead of inputting your domain name. We also offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs bought through our company and if you select it and you decide to use a shared IP as opposed to a dedicated one, our system will set everything up the minute the SSL is approved and issued without any action on your end.