Journey From Http to Https
As we know A non-secure website has an address that starts with “HTTP”, such as http://clickaws.com while a secure website has an address that starts with HTTPS, such as http://clickaws.com.
Why do we use HTTPS?
- Enabling HTTPS to a WordPress website or any website assures visitors that your website is secure.
- Enabling HTTPS to WordPress website or any website assures that sending and receiving data in encrypted form.
- If your website is not HTTPS then your website will rank lower in search engine results.
Steps for converting http to https:
1. Prerequisites:
- Create a WordPress instance in Lightsail, and configure your website on your instance.
- Attach a static IP to your instance. Your instance’s public IP address changes if you stop and start your instance. A static IP does not change if you stop and start your instance.
- Create a snapshot of your WordPress instance or enable automatic snapshots. The snapshot can be used as a backup.
- Add DNS records to the DNS of your domain that directs traffic for the apex of your domain.
2. Connect to your instance
Complete the following steps to connect to your instance using the browser-based SSH client in the Lightsail console.
- Sign in to the AWS Lightsail Console.
- On the homepage, choose the SSH quick connect icon for your WordPress instance.
- The browser-based SSH client terminal window opens. You are successfully connected to your instance via SSH if you see the Bitnami logo as shown in the following example.
3. Confirm the bncert tool is installed on your instance
- Enter the following command to run the
bncerttool.
sudo /opt/bitnami/bncert-tool
- if you see
Welcome to the Bitnami HTTPS configuration tool, then thebncertthe tool is installed on your instance.
4. Enable HTTPS on your WordPress instance
- Enter the following command to run the
bncerttool.
sudo /opt/bitnami/bncert-tool
- I see a message indicating that an updated version of the tool is available.
- Enter Y as shown in the Image.
- Enter your primary domain name and alternate domain names separated by a space as shown in the image.
- The
bncertthe tool will ask you how you want your website’s redirection to be configured. These are the options available:- Enable HTTP to HTTPS redirection – Type
Yand press Enter to enable it. - Enable non-www to www redirection. – Type
Yand press Enter to enable it. - Enable www to non-www redirection – Type N and press Enter to disable it.
- Enable HTTP to HTTPS redirection – Type
- The changes that are going to be made are listed. Type
Yand press Enter to confirm and continue.
- Enter your email address to associate with your Let’s Encrypt certificate and press Enter.
- Review the Let’s Encrypt Subscriber Agreement. Type
Yand press Enter to accept the agreement and continue.
5. Test that your website is using HTTPS
- You should confirm that your website is using HTTPS by browsing to all of the domains that you specified
- When you visit each domain, you should see that they use a secure connection as shown in the following example.
Note: You might have to refresh, and clear your browser’s cache to see the change.
You might also notice that the non-www address redirects to the www subdomain of your domain.
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Part 3.1: Dynamic IP address of Instances in AWS LightSail. (Coming Soon)
Part 4: How to Register a Domain Name with Amazon Web Service | Register a Domain Name using AWS Route53.
Part 5: Set up Free SSL Certificate on WordPress AWS LightSail.
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