how can i enable ssl support?

Answer by: George Kaloyanov, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support.

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a protocol designed to enable encrypted, authenticated connection across the Internet. SSL is used mostly in communication between web browsers and web servers. URL's that begin with 'https' indicate that an SSL connection will be used. Online shopping sites frequently use SSL technology to safeguard credit card information. In order to use the SSL protocol you need to have an SSL certificate which is used for the server authentication, data encryption, and message integrity checks.

I. SHARED SSL CERTIFICATE

If you have a Personal Unix, Business Class Unix, Personal Windows, Business Class Windows or Pro Windows hosting plan:

There is a working certificate signed by a Certificate Authority already installed on the Aplus.Net hosting servers (our shared SSL certificate). In order to use this SSL certificate you have to access your site in the following format:

https://yourhostingserver.com/yourFTPusername. "yourhostingserver.com" is the name of the server your site is located on and "yourFTPusername" is the username of your main FTP account. You can send an email to and ask about your hosting server hostname. Please include your Registration number and the main FTP username of your shared hosting plan.

Security Certificates work based on the IP address of the host. Since Personal Unix, Business Class Unix, Personal Windows, Business Class Windows and Pro Windows hosting plans share IP addresses, you will only be able to use our shared SSL.

II. OWN SSL CERTIFICATE

If you have a Pro Unix, eCommerce Unix or eCommerce Windows hosting plan you can use your own commercial SSL certificate issued by an official Certificate Authority. Aplus.Net has developed in the web Control Panel a tool for purchase and installation of such a certificate. The whole process is automatic and user-friendly. Although you may obtain a commercial certificate from any company, we recommend that you get your SSL certificate from Aplus.Net to ensure its seamless integration with your web site.

Please follow the instructions in the Knowledge base document below on how to obtain your SSL certificate from Aplus.Net:

How do I purchase a commercial SSL certificate using the Aplus.Net Control Panel?

Note: You can still use our shared SSL with Pro Unix, eCommerce Unix or eCommerce Windows hosting plan.