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If that isn't your idea of doing things, read on...
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**Shared hosts**
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Shared hosts
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If you are using a shared host on a domain of your own, your provider may well offer to obtain and install the certificate for you.
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You will then only need to apply and pay for it – and everything will be set up.
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The above ought to be the most common scenario for Friendica sites, making the rest of this article superfluous for most people.
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**Obtaining a certificate yourself**
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Obtaining a certificate yourself
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Alternatively, a few shared hosting providers may ask you to obtain and upload the certificate yourself.
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Note: Your certificate is usually restricted to one subdomain.
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When you apply for the certificate, make sure it’s for the domain and subdomain Friendica uses: e.g. myownfriendica.com or friendica.myserver.com.
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**Getting a free StartSSL certificate**
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Getting a free StartSSL certificate
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StartSSL’s website attempts to guide you through the process of obtaining a free certificate, but some people end up frustrated.
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We really recommend working your way through the steps on the site very slowly and carefully.
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If you have already overlooked this step, you can download those files here: http://www.startssl.com/?app=21
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But once again, the very best way of doing things is not to quit the StartSSL site until you are completely done and your https certificate is up and working.
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**Virtual private and dedicated servers (using StartSSL free)**
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Virtual private and dedicated servers (using StartSSL free)
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The rest of this document is slightly more complicated, but it’s only for people running Friendica on a virtual private or dedicated server.
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Everyone else can stop reading at this point.
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Friendica's own admin panel has a special setting for SSL policy.
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Please use this facility instead.
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**Mixing certificates on Apache – StartSSL and others (self-signed)**
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Mixing certificates on Apache – StartSSL and others (self-signed)
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Many people using a virtual private or dedicated server will be running more than Friendica on it.
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They will probably want to use SSL for other sites they run on the server, too.
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Just restart Apache when you're done, whichever way you decide to do it.
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**StartSSL on Nginx**
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StartSSL on Nginx
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First, update to the latest Friendica code.
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Then follow the above instructions to get your free certificate.
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