Custom HTTPS Certificate

All SpinupWP Servers come with Certbot preinstalled so that you can use a free Let’s Encrypt certificate to secure traffic to and from your websites. While Let’s Encrypt certificates are more than suitable for most WordPress websites, you might be in a situation where you need to use a custom certificate from an external certificate authority like DigiCert or Thawte. In this case, you will need to copy and paste the certificate and its associated private key into your SpinupWP dashboard so that it can be installed on your server.

Configure a Site to Use a Custom Certificate

To configure a custom certificate for an existing site, navigate to the site dashboard in SpinupWP and then click HTTPS in the site menu.

Select the “I will provide the certificate and manage it myself” radio button, which will display fields for the Certificate and Private Key.

Open your certificate file, copy its contents, and paste into the Certificate field. If you have a primary certificate and intermediate certificates in separate files, you will need to copy and paste them in the following order: the primary certificate comes first, then the intermediate certificates.

Now open your primary key file, copy its contents, and paste into the Primary Key field and click the Save button.

If everything is configured correctly, the certificate details will display as a custom certificate at the bottom of the screen.