Let's Encrypt SSL Add-on for PaaS
The Let's Encrypt Free SSL add-on issues trusted certificates from Let's Encrypt for your environment's custom domains and renews them automatically before they expire. Attach it to a load balancer or application server on MassiveGRID PaaS and your site serves HTTPS on your own domain within minutes, at no cost.
Both buttons open the MassiveGRID PaaS dashboard with Let's Encrypt SSL pre-selected. The trial needs no credit card.
Let's Encrypt SSL Package Facts
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Package | Let's Encrypt Free SSL |
| Type | Add-on (attaches to an existing environment) |
| Category | Add-ons & Utilities |
| Software vendor / project | Internet Security Research Group (Let's Encrypt) |
| Licence | Free certificates; open-source add-on |
| Runtime / stack | Add-on for application servers and load balancers (NGINX, Apache, LiteSpeed, Tomcat, Node.js and others) |
| Regions | New York, London, Frankfurt, Singapore |
| Billing | Free add-on; the host environment is billed per use from $2.46/month |
| Free trial | 14 days, no credit card |
| Uptime SLA | 100% |
What is Let's Encrypt SSL?
Every MassiveGRID PaaS environment already has HTTPS on its platform subdomain. Once you point your own domain at the environment, you need a certificate for that name. Let's Encrypt is the free, automated certificate authority trusted by every browser, and this add-on integrates it with the platform: it proves domain control, installs the certificate on the right node, configures the web server and schedules renewal.
The add-on supports single domains, multiple domains on one certificate and wildcard certificates via DNS validation. It works on NGINX and Apache PHP servers, LiteSpeed, Tomcat and other Java servers, Node.js, Ruby, Python and Go runtimes, the NGINX and HAProxy load balancers, and the Traffic Distributor. When nodes are added by scaling, the certificate is applied to them too.
What Let's Encrypt SSL Changes in Your Environment
Add-ons run against an environment you already have. Nothing is rebuilt, and the change can be removed from the same dashboard.
- Certificate issuance: Requests a certificate from Let's Encrypt for the domains you list, validating via HTTP or DNS challenge.
- Web server configuration: Installs the certificate and key on the target layer and enables HTTPS with a redirect from HTTP if desired.
- Automatic renewal: A scheduled task renews certificates before expiry (every 90 days) and reloads the server without downtime.
- Scaling awareness: New nodes added to the layer receive the certificate automatically.
Why Teams Choose Let's Encrypt SSL
Free and trusted
Let's Encrypt certificates are recognised by all major browsers and operating systems at no charge.
Wildcard and multi-domain
Cover example.com, www.example.com and *.example.com from one add-on.
Hands-off renewal
Never miss an expiry again; renewals are automatic and logged.
Works everywhere on the platform
Application servers, load balancers and the Traffic Distributor, in any runtime.
How to Add Let's Encrypt SSL on MassiveGRID PaaS
Attaching the add-on takes three steps and a few minutes of waiting. No servers to provision, no configuration files to edit.
Open the installer
Click Install with free trial or Install to my account. The MassiveGRID PaaS dashboard opens with the Let's Encrypt SSL add-on pre-selected, so nothing has to be copied or pasted.
Sign up or sign in
New to the platform? Sign up for the free 14-day trial, which needs no credit card. Existing customers sign in with their usual dashboard credentials.
Pick the target environment
Choose the environment, and where relevant the node layer, that Let's Encrypt SSL should attach to, then confirm. The add-on configures itself on the running nodes without a redeploy.
Who Runs Let's Encrypt SSL on PaaS
Custom domains on any package
Putting your brand's domain on WordPress, Magento, Nextcloud or a Java cluster with HTTPS.
SaaS with customer subdomains
Wildcard certificates for tenant subdomains on one environment.
Compliance
Meeting requirements that all traffic be encrypted in transit without buying certificates.
Why Run Let's Encrypt SSL on MassiveGRID PaaS
Built for uptime. Let's Encrypt SSL runs on MassiveGRID's high-availability platform, where every environment is covered by a 100% uptime SLA. Nodes live on redundant hosts, storage is replicated, and failed containers are restarted or migrated automatically.
Pay for what you use. Billing is hourly and per cloudlet (128 MiB RAM plus 400 MHz CPU). Vertical auto-scaling adds and removes cloudlets as load changes, so a quiet Let's Encrypt SSL environment costs a few dollars a month and a busy one grows without a migration. Full details are on the PaaS page.
Your choice of jurisdiction. Deploy in New York, London, Frankfurt or Singapore and keep data inside the region your users or regulators require. MassiveGRID is ISO 9001 certified and GDPR compliant, and has run hosting infrastructure since 2003.
No lock-in. The package is a standard Jelastic Packaging Standard (JPS) manifest. You keep root-level access to the containers, can export the manifest, and can move the workload to any other Jelastic-compatible platform or to your own servers at any time.
Related on massivegrid.com: SSL Certificates · Domains.
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