The free certificate system built into cPanel.
WHAT IT DOES
Issues certificates for every domain and subdomain on your account, installs them, and renews them automatically before expiry.
HOW IT VALIDATES
It proves you control the domain by placing a file in a specific path on your site and checking that the certificate authority can retrieve it over HTTP. This is why the domain must resolve to our server before a certificate can be issued.
WHEN IT RUNS
Automatically on a schedule, and whenever you trigger it manually. Renewal happens well before expiry, so certificates do not lapse.
WHAT IT COVERS
The domain, its www form, and subdomains that exist in DNS and point here. Mail hostnames too, which is what allows mail clients to connect without certificate warnings.
WHAT IT DOES NOT DO
Issue certificates for domains that do not resolve to us Issue organisation or extended validation certificates Work through a proxy that blocks the validation path
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
Usually nothing. Point the domain here and run it once. It manages itself from then on.
