How is the process of obtaining a TLS certificate for website protection carried out?
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The process of obtaining a TLS certificate to secure a website typically involves the following steps:
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Generating a key pair — a private key and a corresponding public key are created.
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Creating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) — a request containing information about the site and the public key is generated using the private key.
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Submitting the CSR to a Certificate Authority (CA) — the request is sent to a trusted CA, which verifies the data and confirms domain ownership.
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Domain ownership verification — the CA may ask to verify control over the site via email, DNS record, or by placing a file on the server.
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Certificate issuance — after successful verification, the CA issues a signed certificate.
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Installing the certificate on the server — the certificate and private key are installed on the web server to enable secure HTTPS connections.
Example using Let's Encrypt (a free CA):
- Install the Certbot client.
- Run the command to automatically obtain and install the certificate:
sudo certbot --apache -d example.com
This process automates key generation, verification, and certificate installation.