SSL certificate: Let’s Encrypt

Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated SSL (TLS) certificate authority that lets your domain run over HTTPS (secure HTTP). At Loopia, Let’s Encrypt certificates can be created automatically for domains using our web platforms, so your visitors see the padlock (lock icon) in their browsers.

Let’s Encrypt is included and created automatically

SSL certificates from Let’s Encrypt can be used on all Loopia domains using our web platforms Windows, UNIX and Autobahn.

If you have a Business package or Business Plus package at Loopia, the creation and automatic renewal of certificates is included.

To use SSL via Let’s Encrypt, you only need to configure your domain, sub-domain or sub-sub-domain to use “Website with Loopia”.

Within an hour, a new SSL certificate will be created automatically and then renewed every three months for as long as the domain stays on our platform.

You can check whether the certificate is active by visiting your domain at https://.

If no certificate has been created within an hour, it is usually because the domain has just been registered or recently redirected to our nameservers. Creation can then take a few more hours (up to 48 hours in some cases).

Customer Zone confirmation that a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate is active

Loopia Sitebuilder also supports SSL via Let’s Encrypt

Loopia Sitebuilder also uses SSL via Let’s Encrypt. When you publish your site for the first time, a new certificate is created within an hour. You can then visit your Sitebuilder website via https://.

I want to upload my own certificate

If you have issued your own certificate, you can upload it in your Customer Zone using this guide.

I have a certificate, but my website is not secure

Note that once the SSL certificate has been created, you also need to redirect traffic on your website so that visitors only reach it over HTTPS. See this guide.

If you want our support team to redirect your site to HTTPS for you, they can assist at an hourly rate.

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