How to secure your sites with Let’s Encrypt in Plesk¶
Plesk offers Let's Encrypt as an extension and makes it easy to obtain an SSL certificate for your website.
Installation¶
Within Plesk, you can install this via the Plesk Extensions utility.
Simply search within their extension store for Let's Encrypt and click Get it Free to install.
Once installed, it will appear within each domain’s configuration page.
Issuing a certificate¶
For new domains, you can include Let's Encrypt functionality when creating the domain itself by ticking the Secure the domain with Let’s Encrypt option
For existing domains, you can select your domain (or multiple domains) within the Let's Encrypt extension itself. Here it provides a few options for what you would like to cover, such as www and wildcard subdomains.
Warning
Wildcard certificates can only be issued if your DNS is managed by Plesk itself. This is because it only offers DNS validation and not HTTP.
Once enabled, certificates will be automatically renewed close to the expiration date of the SSL.
You can also secure your Plesk Panel and mail services using Let's Encrypt by selecting this in the SSL/TLS Certificates section of Tools & Settings
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