What is CloudFlare?
Cloudflare is an American company that delivers services like a DNS, a content delivery network (CDN) and many other additional services to make websites faster and more secure.
What is a ssl-certificate and why install it?
- SSL will protect your website and users from hacking.
- It protects the data shared between your users and website by encrypting it and sending it over a secure connection.
- Having a properly installed certificate increases the ranking of your site in search engines.
What goes into my job?
- Setup CloudFlare
- Installing a free or paid certificate.
- Configuring redirect from HTTP version to HTTPS version.
- Obtaining a "secure connection" status in the browser.
It's very important:
Make sure your hosting provider support SSL and allow SSL certificate installation.