The Complete SSL and TLS Guide: HTTP to HTTPS
The Complete SSL and TLS Guide: HTTP to HTTPS
Configure Cloudflare, FREE Let’s Encrypt SSL/TLS certificate, NGINX and Apache web servers, create CSR SSL request
Created by Bogdan Stashchuk | 11 hours on-demand video course
This The Complete SSL and TLS Guide: HTTP to HTTPS course is all about securing websites with SSL/TLS certificates. Become a master of HTTPS, Let’s Encrypt, Cloudflare, NGINX and SSL/TLS Certificates. This is the most complete practical SSL guide here on Udemy that includes tons of practical activities. All practice exercises are performed on a real domain and real hosting and finally you will get production ready solution with HTTPS setup and redirection of HTTP to HTTPS. You can have zero knowledge about computer networks, encryption, configuration of web servers. All will be taught from scratch, from simple setup to complex solution. If you want to get deep knowledge of SSL and HTTPS this course is for you!
What you’ll learn
- Learn how to install SSL/TLS Certificate on the web server
- What is the difference between HTTP and HTTPS
- What is CA (Certificate Authority) and how chain of trust is built
- How TLS certificate is structured (subject name, issuer name, validity period, signature etc.)
- Let’s Encrypt free certificates that are valid 90 days. Certbot ACME client for automatic certificate issuing and renewal
- Cloudflare reverse proxy with free SSL certificates
- CSR (Certificate Signing Request), domain validation and certificate installation
- Install and configure NGINX web server for SSL/TLS encryption
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In practice sections we will perform multiple practice activities:
- Buy a domain and configure DNS settings
- Use Certbot ACME client to automatically obtain free SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt
- With help of OpenSSL generate RSA keys, self-signed certificates
- Secure WordPress with Apache using SSL/TLS certificates
- Create CSR (Certificate Signing Request) by OpenSSL and submit CSR to CA server
- Configure Cloudflare for your domain and setup different SSL modes of operations
- Install and configure NGINX web server for SSL/TLS certificates
- Migrate from HTTP to HTTPS
- Redirect all traffic using HTTP 301 redirect from HTTP to HTTPS
