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How to setup AutoSSL on a free ServerPilot plan

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ServerPilot the lightweight hosted control panel integrates well with Let’s Encrypt to generate free SSL certificates with a click of a button. ServerPilot calls this feature AutoSSL and makes it available only on the Coach plan that costs $10/month/server. But by using some custom Nginx configuration we can get Let’s Encrypt working on the free plan. That means you can have an unlimited number of SSL certificates that automatically renew once in three months.

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How to add the HSTS header only for HTTPS requests on Nginx

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HTTP Strict Transport Security is a mechanism through which web servers declare themselves to be accessible only over secure connections (HTTPS). This mechanism is implemented by configuring the web server to send a HSTS header in its responses. A typical HSTS header looks like the following:

Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains

The RFC standard for HTTP Strict Transport Security – RFC6797 specifies under Section 7.2 that a web server should not include this header in plain-text HTTP responses.Continue Reading…

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