If you wish to protect the information which visitors submit on your website, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol used to encode any info exchanged between a website and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any info, 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 authentic content, and so if you have a login form of some kind or you offer products and services online and clients submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate shall be a guarantee that the info is secure. Usually a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your Internet site. The additional expense may matter in case you run a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity that doesn't generate a big profit, 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 Cloud Web Hosting

A shared IP can be employed for any SSL certificate, no matter if you purchase it from our company or from another dealer and regardless of the cloud web hosting service which you have on our end. If you obtain the SSL through us, you shall discover this option on the certificate order page inside your hosting CP where you can also take full advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option which we offer. If the latter is chosen in the SSL order wizard, our system shall install and set up everything for you using the specifically configured server shared IP address, so once you buy and approve the SSL, there won't be anything else to do on your end. You'll be able to save the cash you'll otherwise need to pay for a dedicated IP address and the SSL shall do the job in the exact same way, so any info the visitors submit will be encoded. The sole difference is that if you input the shared IP address instead of your domain inside a web browser, the site won't display.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

The shared IP option is available with all semi-dedicated servers and the setup takes just two clicks within the hosting CP irrespective if you buy an SSL via our business or through a third-party vendor. There won't be any difference in terms of how the certificate works or encrypts the information which your site visitors submit, so your website will be protected without having to spend the extra funds for a dedicated IP. The sole thing which will be different is that https://the-shared-IP will not open your website, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it is extremely unlikely that anyone will ever try to access your site in this way instead of typing your domain. We also offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs obtained via our company and if you select it and you choose to use a shared IP rather than a dedicated one, our system shall set everything up the instant the SSL is approved and issued with no need for any action on your end.