SSL is the backbone of internet security which blocks your critical information from flowing into the wrong hands, while being routed across the globe. It protects your data from being spoofed by criminals, who may use this information to cause you great damage.

The primary reason why SSL is used is to keep sensitive information sent across the Internet encrypted so that only the intended recipient can understand it. As a web developer one should always provide the SSL for their clients so that they can share their critical information, freely trusting the encryption. This is important because the information you send on the internet is passed from computer to computer to get to the destination server.

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Another reason that one should implement SSL is that it enables the Authentication. This means you can be sure that you are sending information to the right server and not to a criminal’s server. The structure of the internet makes the information wander along different routes, which means your customers’ information has to travel through several routers and computers before reaching you. Any other server pretending to be you can actually trick users to send their personal information. Few attacks like: DNS Cache Poisioning, MITM or Phishing can easily divert users from their original destination.

How Can We Implement SSL on Our Cloudways Hosting?

Well, SSL security comes at a cost. Which means you have to pay for a SSL certificate. For this tutorial we will fetch trial certifiate that is valid for 30 days.

Prerequisites:

For this tutorial you must have following requirements fulfilled.

Laravel App Installed on your Cloudways Server (Click here to create a server and install app)

Valid Email ID

SFTP access to your Cloudways Application

Step-1: Obtaining CSR

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