{"id":782,"date":"2017-12-12T13:20:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T13:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/?post_type=article&p=782"},"modified":"2026-06-17T09:37:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T09:37:22","slug":"how-to-install-lets-encrypt-ssl","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/how-to-install-lets-encrypt-ssl\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Let’s Encrypt SSL in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Let’s Encrypt SSL<\/strong> for one of your domains in a few clicks.<\/p>\n

What is Let\u2019s Encrypt?<\/h3>\n

Let\u2019s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority brought to you by the non-profit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG).<\/p>\n

Let’s Encrypt SSL Install Requirements<\/h3>\n \t\t
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\r\n \t\t\t\t\tThere are a few requirements<\/strong> that your domain should meet so you can install a Let’s Encrypt SSL successfully on it: \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\n

1. The domain and its www subdomain should be pointed to your cPanel account’s IP address. Otherwise, the certificate cannot be verified and installed on your domain.<\/p>\n

2. By default, when you initiate the installation of a Let’s Encrypt SSL on your primary domain, cPanel will include your parked domains as part of the SSL installation. The SSL installation will fail if you have a parked domain that is not pointed to your cPanel’s IP address. You should point these domains to your cPanel account or temporarily unpark them until the installation completes.<\/p>\n

How to install Let\u2019s Encrypt SSL on your domain<\/h3>\n

This tutorial assumes you\u2019ve already logged in to cPanel.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1)<\/strong> Once you are logged in to cPanel, scroll down the page to the ‘SECURITY’ area. Then click on SSL\/TLS Certificates<\/strong>\u00a0icon.<\/p>\n

2)<\/strong> While you are in the ‘Wizard<\/strong>‘ tab, the next step is to issue a new SSL certificate for the desired domain name.<\/p>\n

Look up after the “Issue a certificate<\/strong>” section.<\/p>\n

Select one or multiple domains\/subdomains, then click ‘Continue<\/strong>‘ which will prompt you to the next step, where you should click on the ‘Let’s Encrypt Certificate<\/strong>‘ button.<\/p>\n

It will take a few minutes for the SSL Certificate to be issued and installed.<\/p>\n

If you see a green padlock next to the domain, it indicates that a valid SSL Certificate is already in place, preventing the issuance of another one.<\/p>\n

3)<\/strong> Once you have installed the SSL Certificate<\/strong>, you should redirect visitors to the secure version of your website ( https:\/\/<\/strong> ). Learn how to Redirect HTTP Requests to HTTPS\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

How to install a wildcard Let\u2019s Encrypt SSL on your domain<\/h3>\n

1) First you have to create a wildcard subdomain by going into cPanel -> Domains.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2) Create the subdomain by entering *.example.tld<\/strong> (replace example.tld with your domain name<\/em>) in the domain box and clicking ‘Submit’.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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3) Return to the main cPanel dashboard and scroll down to the ‘SECURITY<\/strong>‘ section. Click on the SSL\/TLS Certificates<\/strong>\u00a0icon.<\/p>\n

2)<\/strong> While you are in the ‘Wizard<\/strong>‘ tab, the next step is to issue a new SSL certificate for the desired wildcard subdomain.<\/p>\n

Look up after the “Issue a certificate<\/strong>” section.<\/p>\n

Select one the wildcard subdomain, then click ‘Continue<\/strong>‘ which will prompt you to the next step, where you should click on the ‘Let’s Encrypt Certificate<\/strong>‘ button.<\/p>\n

It will take a few minutes for the SSL Certificate to be issued and installed.<\/p>\n

If you see a green padlock next to the domain, it indicates that a valid SSL Certificate is already in place, preventing the issuance of another one.<\/p>\n

3)<\/strong> Once you have installed the SSL Certificate<\/strong>, you should redirect visitors to the secure version of your website ( https:\/\/<\/strong> ). Learn how to Redirect HTTP Requests to HTTPS\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Let’s Encrypt SSL for one of your domains in a few clicks. What is Let\u2019s Encrypt? Let\u2019s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority brought to you by the non-profit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). Let’s Encrypt SSL Install…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[175],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-782","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-ssl-installation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8707,"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/782\/revisions\/8707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=782"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}