If you would like to protect the info that visitors submit on your site, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol used to encode any info exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any data, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The existing level of encryption makes it literally impossible to decrypt the real content, thus if you have a login form of some kind or you offer goods and services online and clients submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate will be a guarantee that the data 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 shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which does not generate a big income, so to save you the cash, our cloud website hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Cloud Hosting

A shared IP could be used for any SSL certificate, irrespective if you purchase it from us or from another retailer and regardless of the cloud hosting service which you have on our end. If you get the SSL through us, you shall come across this option on the certificate order page inside your hosting CP where you can also take advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option that we offer you. If the latter is chosen inside the SSL order wizard, our system will install and set up everything for you via the specially configured server shared IP address, thus 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 funds you will otherwise have to pay for a dedicated IP and the SSL shall do the job in the same exact way, so any information the website visitors submit will be encoded. The only difference is that if you enter the shared IP address instead of your domain in a browser, the website will not display.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you host an Internet site inside a semi-dedicated hosting account from our company and you would like to protect the data of your site visitors, you shall be able to use a shared IP address that has been configured for SSL certificates with several clicks. You can select this option inside the SSL order wizard that you will find inside the Hepsia hosting CP and you could even select the certificate to be set up for the particular domain or subdomain automatically by our system. This way everything can be set up for you on the shared IP the instant you approve the SSL. With this service we grant you the opportunity to secure the info of your Internet site users at no additional cost and without affecting the way the SSL shall encrypt the information in any way. The only big difference from using a dedicated address is that your website shall not accessible if you enter the shared IP address instead of the domain/subdomain in the browser address bar.