How to create a free SSL certificate using ZeroSSL and CNAME

Secure Socket Layer(SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) are security protocols to secure communication between server and client. A TLS/SSL certificate (commonly known as SSL certificate) is required to enable TLS/SSL in your site and serve your website using https protocol.

This article explains how to get SSL certificate from ZeroSSL, a trusted certificate authority.

• Create a ZeroSSL account and login.
• Click ‘New Certificate’
• Enter the domain name and click next

• Select the validity as 90 days
• Autogenerate/ manually update the CSR
• Select the free plan and proceed to verify the domain.

• Add the CNAME in you domain registrar.

Note: For GoDaddy, only add the name up to the first dot in name field of CNAME record.

• Download the certificate after successful verification.