If you would like to protect the data that visitors submit on your Internet site, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol used to encode any data 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 practically impossible to decrypt the authentic content, so if you have a login form of some kind or you offer products and services online and customers submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate shall be an assurance that the info is protected. Typically a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your website. The additional expense may matter when you run a small online store, a non-profit organization or any other entity that does not generate a big revenue, so to save you the money, 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

You'll be able to use a shared IP for an SSL certificate with every single cloud hosting package we offer and no matter if the SSL is purchased through our company or through a third-party firm. If the SSL is purchased on our end, not only will you be able to choose the shared IP to be set during the order, but you can also select our auto-configuration option, so when you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system will handle the installation for you within a few seconds and you will not need to do anything by hand. The sole difference between employing a shared IP address and a dedicated one is that your site won't appear in the event that you try to open https://the-IP-address rather than https://your-domain-name, but besides that, everything shall be exactly the same. With this feature you could protect the information of your clients and have a secure website without the additional expense for a dedicated IP.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

The shared IP address option is available with all semi-dedicated hosting plans and the setup takes only a couple of mouse clicks within the hosting CP irrespective if you purchase an SSL from our enterprise or via a third-party vendor. There won't be any difference in the way the certificate functions or encrypts the information your website visitors submit, so your Internet site shall be secure without spending the extra cash for a dedicated IP. The one thing that'll be different is that https://the-shared-IP shall not open your Internet site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it is unlikely that anyone shall ever try to access your site in this way instead of inputting your domain name. Additionally we offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs obtained via our company and if you select it and you decide to use a shared IP address rather than a dedicated one, our system shall set everything up the instant the SSL is approved and issued without any action on your end.