<p>An SSL certificate is a cryptographic file that proves to anyone connecting to this machine (like you right now) that the connection is secure.</p>
<p>You need an SSL certificate for this box’s hostname ({{hostname}}), and although optional you should also get one for every domain name and subdomain managed by this box (unless you’ve directed DNS for a domain elsewhere through custom or external DNS).</p>
<h3>Provision a Certificate</h3>
<p>We can provision an SSL certificate for you from <ahref="https://letsencrypt.org/"target="_blank">Let’s Encrypt</a>, a free SSL certificate provider.</p>