If you would like to protect the info which visitors submit on your website, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation stands for Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol employed to encode any info exchanged between a website and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any information, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The current level of encryption makes it pretty much impossible to decrypt the actual content, so if you have a login form of some sort or you offer goods and services online and customers submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate will be a guarantee that the information is secure. Usually a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your site. The additional cost may matter in case you run a small online store, a non-profit organization or any other entity which doesn't generate a big revenue, so to save you the money, our cloud web hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Web Hosting

Given that we offer SSL certificates with our web hosting solutions, you can easily secure your site and use a shared IP address with just several clicks. The option shall be available during the order procedure, hence if you have a dedicated IP, you'll be able to use it, but if you don't have one and you do not want to pay for such a service, you could use the shared IP, which has been configured particularly for SSLs. The certificate will work in the exact same way as if it had a dedicated IP address and the sole difference shall be that if anyone attempts to open the IP address as a URL, they won't see your Internet site. As our system features an auto-configuration option, the SSL will be installed automatically once it is issued, so you shall not need to do anything on your end after you approve it. This way, you'll be able to have a risk-free and trustworthy 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 service and the setup takes only a couple of clicks within the hosting Control Panel irrespective if you get an SSL via our enterprise or via a third-party vendor. There will not be any difference in the way the certificate functions or encodes the info which your visitors submit, so your site shall be secure without spending any additional cash for a dedicated IP address. The only thing that'll be different is that https://the-shared-IP shall not open your website, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it is extremely unlikely that anybody will ever try to access your internet site in this way rather than keying in your domain. Additionally we offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs purchased through our company and if you select it and you choose to use a shared IP instead of a dedicated one, our system shall set everything up as soon as the SSL is approved and issued without any action on your end.