Skip to content

Commit 1542b1b

Browse files
author
nbrewer
committed
Merge pull request #1 from afornuto/update-ssl
Update ssl
2 parents 447780f + 852dd8d commit 1542b1b

File tree

2 files changed

+13
-6
lines changed

2 files changed

+13
-6
lines changed

docs/security/ssl/obtaining-a-commercial-ssl-certificate-centos-fedora.md

Lines changed: 9 additions & 6 deletions
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -15,21 +15,24 @@ external_resources:
1515
- '[OpenSSL Documentation](http://www.openssl.org/docs/)'
1616
---
1717

18-
These instructions will show you how to install a commercial SSL certificate on your Linode. As SSL certificates can be used by many kinds of software, the steps provided are generic in nature. If you intend to use your SSL certificate on a website powered by Apache, you can continue to our [SSL Certificates with Apache on CentOS 7](/docs/security/ssl/ssl-apache2-centos) guide once you've completed the process outlined here.
18+
These instructions will show you how to install a commercial SSL certificate on your Linode. SSL/TLS encryption is the standard for securing web traffic. As SSL certificates can be used by many kinds of software, the steps provided are generic in nature.
19+
20+
21+
If you intend to use your SSL certificate on a website powered by Apache, you can continue to our [SSL Certificates with Apache on CentOS 7](/docs/security/ssl/ssl-apache2-centos) guide once you've completed the process outlined here.
1922

2023
For an SSL setup with Nginx, please start with our [Nginx and SSL](/docs/security/ssl/provide-encrypted-resource-access-using-ssl-certificates-on-nginx) guide.
2124

2225
If you're hosting multiple websites with commercial SSL certificates on the same IP address, you'll need to use the [SNI](https://wiki.apache.org/httpd/NameBasedSSLVHostsWithSNI) extension of TLS. SNI is accepted by most modern web browsers, but if you expect to receive connections from clients running legacy browsers (Like Internet Explorer for Windows XP), you will need to [contact support](/docs/platform/support) to request an additional IP address.
2326

2427
## Before You Begin
2528

26-
1. Complete our [Getting Started](/docs/getting-started) and [Securing Your Server](/docs/securing-your-server) guides.
27-
29+
- Complete our [Getting Started](/docs/getting-started) and [Securing Your Server](/docs/securing-your-server) guides.
2830

29-
2. Ensure that your packages are up to date by running `yum upgrade`
31+
- Ensure that your packages are up to date by running `yum upgrade`
3032

31-
32-
3. Log in to your Linode as the root user, or escalate to root privileges.
33+
{: .note}
34+
>
35+
>This guide assumes that you are logged in as the root user, and that you will not need to prepend commands with `sudo`.
3336
3437
## Create a Certificate Signing Request
3538

docs/security/ssl/obtaining-a-commercial-ssl-certificate.md

Lines changed: 4 additions & 0 deletions
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
11
---
2+
deprecated: true
23
author:
34
name: Linode
45
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ external_resources:
1516
- '[OpenSSL Documentation](http://www.openssl.org/docs/)'
1617
---
1718

19+
{: .caution}
20+
> This guide has been split into two guides, for [Debian & Ubuntu](/docs/security/ssl/obtaining-a-commercial-ssl-certificate-debian-ubuntu) and [CentOS & Fedora](/docs/security/ssl/obtaining-a-commercial-ssl-certificate-centos-fedora).
21+
1822
These instructions will show you how to install a commercial SSL certificate on your Linode. As SSL certificates can be used by many kinds of software, the steps provided are generic in nature. If you intend to use your SSL certificate on a website powered by Apache, you can continue to our Apache SSL guides for [Debian & Ubuntu](/docs/security/ssl/ssl-apache2-debian-ubuntu) or [CentOS](/docs/security/ssl/ssl-apache2-centos) once you've completed the process outlined here.
1923

2024
For an SSL setup with Nginx, please start with our [Nginx and SSL](/docs/security/ssl/provide-encrypted-resource-access-using-ssl-certificates-on-nginx) guide.

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)