How to activate SSL on Vultr Wordpress?

[korunovski]

I use namecheap and have activated the CSR code and i got the 2 files you get when the SSL is activated.
What should i do now in the Vultr console to finally activate this shit its taking me hours

 

[kid1810]

You need to provide more information than this, such as:
- Which webserver stack you use to host your site? (LAMP, LEMP, etc.)
- Is your site live?
- What is your control panel? (Cpanel, Plesk, Direct Admin, etc.)

 

[Gogol]

Easy way: Cloudflare flexible ssl. No config needed in the server side. The http site will work fine. Just make sure to redorect http to https (https part is proxied by cloudflare).

Hard way: Generate your own certificate using let's encrypt. Install certbot on your linux for that. You will also need to enable your server to listen to 443.

 

[korunovski]

You need to provide more information than this, such as:
- Which webserver stack you use to host your site? (LAMP, LEMP, etc.)
- Is your site live?
- What is your control panel? (Cpanel, Plesk, Direct Admin, etc.)

I have no clue about the stack or w.e the only thing i see is this : Currently Installed: Ubuntu 18.04 x64 NGINX
site is live and im not sure about the admin part

 

[ziko12345]

Easy way: Cloudflare flexible ssl. No config needed in the server side. The http site will work fine. Just make sure to redorect http to https (https part is proxied by cloudflare).

Hard way: Generate your own certificate using let's encrypt. Install certbot on your linux for that. You will also need to enable your server to listen to 443.

So if i host my site on cloudflare it will automaticaly add https??

 

[korunovski]

Easy way: Cloudflare flexible ssl. No config needed in the server side. The http site will work fine. Just make sure to redorect http to https (https part is proxied by cloudflare).

Hard way: Generate your own certificate using let's encrypt. Install certbot on your linux for that. You will also need to enable your server to listen to 443.

Is that only a plugin i have to install directly on wordpress?

 

[Gogol]

So if i host my site on cloudflare it will automaticaly add https??

You don't "host" your site on cloudflare. You forward your DNS records to cloudflare. Cloudflare redirects that traffic to your server. It will not add https automatically, but there is a setting for that. Just switch it on and it will be https after that. Make sure you choose "flexible" and not full or full (strict). Otherwise, your site will stop working.

Is that only a plugin i have to install directly on wordpress?

No need, although something might be available for you to see the stat. I don't use any plugin. In fact, most of my sites are not even php, lol.

 

[kid1810]

I have no clue about the stack or w.e the only thing i see is this : Currently Installed: Ubuntu 18.04 x64 NGINX
site is live and im not sure about the admin part

Well, in this case, I supposed you bought your site from someone. You may want to ask them to install the ssl cert for you (if you bought the ssl cert from namecheap)

Or you could go the Cloudflare way, as mentioned above.

 

[korunovski]

Well, in this case, I supposed you bought your site from someone. You may want to ask them to install the ssl cert for you (if you bought the ssl cert from namecheap)

Or you could go the Cloudflare way, as mentioned above.

I didnt buy anything i only deployed a $10 droplet on Vultr

 

[ziko12345]

You don't "host" your site on cloudflare. You forward your DNS records to cloudflare. Cloudflare redirects that traffic to your server. It will not add https automatically, but there is a setting for that. Just switch it on and it will be https after that. Make sure you choose "flexible" and not full or full (strict). Otherwise, your site will stop working.

Thanks chief !

 

[kid1810]

I didnt buy anything i only deployed a $10 droplet on Vultr

Well, then yu have 2 options:
- If you want to have your own ssl, you can follow this guide: https://www.vultr.com/docs/install-lets-encrypt-ssl-on-one-click-wordpress-app
- If you don't want any hassle, bring it on cloudflare, and use flex ssl (as suggest above)

 

[korunovski]

Does anyone know how many concurrent visitors i can have on my website before it completely crashes?
These are the stats on the droplet:

55 GB SSD
$10/mo $0.015/h
1 CPU
2048MB Memory
2000GB Bandwidth

 

[Gogol]

Does anyone know how many concurrent visitors i can have on my website before it completely crashes?
These are the stats on the droplet:

55 GB SSD
$10/mo $0.015/h
1 CPU
2048MB Memory
2000GB Bandwidth

This is hard to say without actually stress testing your website. I would say about 100 to 150 concurrent users, but it could be less or more depending on the load.

 

[Dopious]

Easy way: Cloudflare flexible ssl. No config needed in the server side. The http site will work fine. Just make sure to redorect http to https (https part is proxied by cloudflare).

If you do SSL on Cloudflare only, you still have an unsecure connection between Cloudflare and your regular http server, not really recommended. You need SSL both on your server and Cloudflare.

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[Gogol]

If you do SSL on Cloudflare only, you still have an unsecure connection between Cloudflare and yout regular http server, not really recommended. You need SSL both on your server and Cloudflare.

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I know. But for a newbie, it might not be very easy to install a self-signed certificate. Having a flexible ssl is atleast better than not having anything atall.

 

[Dopious]

I know. But for a newbie, it might not be very easy to install a self-signed certificate. Having a flexible ssl is atleast better than not having anything atall.

Even if he is a newbie, he (and all other newbies on the forum) needs to be taught the right way, otherwice they teach other newbies the wrong stuff .. =)

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[Gogol]

Even if he is a newbie, he (and all other newbies on the forum) needs to be taught the right way, otherwice they teach other newbies wrong stuff .. =)

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Haha, probably so. Well then, he needs to enable SSL (strict), and then install a self-signed certificate on his linux. He also has to connect the certificate with a virtual host entry, and make it listen to port 443. With that, he has to redirect the http traffic to https. He could install certbot too, if he wants this process to be a bit easier.

That being said, if it's just a blog/informational site... It's a bit overkill lol.

 

[Dopious]

Haha, probably so. Well then, he needs to enable SSL (strict), and then install a self-signed certificate on his linux. He also has to connect the certificate with a virtual host entry, and make it listen to port 443. With that, he has to redirect the http traffic to https. He could install certbot too, if he wants this process to be a bit easier.

That being said, if it's just a blog/informational site... It's a bit overkill lol.

Or he could just ask Vultr support VERY nicely to help him install it, I´m sure they will help him if they value their customers, A nice question goes a long way, you´ll be supriced .. =)

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