{"id":3074,"date":"2020-05-02T18:17:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T12:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/?p=3074"},"modified":"2023-01-28T13:04:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T07:34:17","slug":"how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/","title":{"rendered":"How to secure a Plesk hostname on port 8443 with Let&#8217;s Encrypt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Plesk, go to Extensions and search for Let&#8217;s Encrypt.<br>Extensions_-_Let_s_Encrypt<br>Click on Let&#8217;s Encrypt and then click Get it free (or Install).<br>Once installed, go to Tools &amp; Settings &gt; SSL\/TLS Certificates (under Security).<br>Click Let&#8217;s Encrypt.<br>Make sure the Domain name and Email address fields contain a valid information:<br>Domain name can be a server hostname (preferable) or any other (sub)domain name hosted on the server.<br>It will be used as an entry point to Plesk over port 8443 (for example, https:\/\/server.example.com:8443 ) for all Plesk users (customers, resellers, etc.) who have access to Plesk.<br>Note: The hostname\/domain name must be resolved to a public IP address of the Plesk server from the Internet. If in doubt,<br>check your hostname\/domain name availability using DNS Lookup by MxToolBox.<br>If a domain, e.g. example.com, is using permanent www redirection, specify www.example.com as Domain name.<br>Email address will be used to receive important notifications and warnings.<br>Click Install. At this stage, an SSL certificate from Let\u2019s Encrypt is generated and set to secure Plesk on port 8443. This certificate will be auto-renewed every 90 days. Here is the final look:<br>Now, access Plesk over https:\/\/server.example.com:8443.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Plesk, go to Extensions and search for Let&#8217;s Encrypt.Extensions_-_Let_s_EncryptClick on Let&#8217;s Encrypt and then click Get it free (or Install).Once installed, go to Tools &amp; Settings &gt; SSL\/TLS Certificates (under Security).Click Let&#8217;s Encrypt.Make sure the Domain name and Email address fields contain a valid information:Domain name can be a server hostname (preferable) or any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[35,1,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plesk","category-uncategorized","category-wordpress"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to secure a Plesk hostname on port 8443 with Let&#039;s Encrypt | 24x7serversupport Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to secure a Plesk hostname on port 8443 with Let&#039;s Encrypt | 24x7serversupport Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In Plesk, go to Extensions and search for Let&#8217;s Encrypt.Extensions_-_Let_s_EncryptClick on Let&#8217;s Encrypt and then click Get it free (or Install).Once installed, go to Tools &amp; Settings &gt; SSL\/TLS Certificates (under Security).Click Let&#8217;s Encrypt.Make sure the Domain name and Email address fields contain a valid information:Domain name can be a server hostname (preferable) or any [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"24x7serversupport Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-02T12:47:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-28T07:34:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_2019-03-26-Secure-Plesk-With-a-Lets-Encrypt-Certificate-Plesk-Onyx-17-8-11.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"850\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"385\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"24x7support\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@24x7serversuppo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@24x7serversuppo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"24x7support\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/\",\"name\":\"How to secure a Plesk hostname on port 8443 with Let's Encrypt | 24x7serversupport Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_2019-03-26-Secure-Plesk-With-a-Lets-Encrypt-Certificate-Plesk-Onyx-17-8-11.png?fit=850%2C385&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-02T12:47:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-28T07:34:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/decfb5fad6bde6ac6822d4e965c6d401\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_2019-03-26-Secure-Plesk-With-a-Lets-Encrypt-Certificate-Plesk-Onyx-17-8-11.png?fit=850%2C385&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_2019-03-26-Secure-Plesk-With-a-Lets-Encrypt-Certificate-Plesk-Onyx-17-8-11.png?fit=850%2C385&ssl=1\",\"width\":850,\"height\":385},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to secure a Plesk hostname on port 8443 with Let&#8217;s Encrypt\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"24x7serversupport Blog\",\"description\":\"Linux | CPanel | WHM | webhosting| Plesk | DirectAdmin | CentOs | Debian | Ubuntu Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/decfb5fad6bde6ac6822d4e965c6d401\",\"name\":\"24x7support\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/author\/24x7support\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to secure a Plesk hostname on port 8443 with Let's Encrypt | 24x7serversupport Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to secure a Plesk hostname on port 8443 with Let's Encrypt | 24x7serversupport Blog","og_description":"In Plesk, go to Extensions and search for Let&#8217;s Encrypt.Extensions_-_Let_s_EncryptClick on Let&#8217;s Encrypt and then click Get it free (or Install).Once installed, go to Tools &amp; Settings &gt; SSL\/TLS Certificates (under Security).Click Let&#8217;s Encrypt.Make sure the Domain name and Email address fields contain a valid information:Domain name can be a server hostname (preferable) or any [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/","og_site_name":"24x7serversupport Blog","article_published_time":"2020-05-02T12:47:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-01-28T07:34:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":850,"height":385,"url":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_2019-03-26-Secure-Plesk-With-a-Lets-Encrypt-Certificate-Plesk-Onyx-17-8-11.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"24x7support","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@24x7serversuppo","twitter_site":"@24x7serversuppo","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"24x7support","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/","url":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/","name":"How to secure a Plesk hostname on port 8443 with Let's Encrypt | 24x7serversupport Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_2019-03-26-Secure-Plesk-With-a-Lets-Encrypt-Certificate-Plesk-Onyx-17-8-11.png?fit=850%2C385&ssl=1","datePublished":"2020-05-02T12:47:54+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-28T07:34:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/decfb5fad6bde6ac6822d4e965c6d401"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_2019-03-26-Secure-Plesk-With-a-Lets-Encrypt-Certificate-Plesk-Onyx-17-8-11.png?fit=850%2C385&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_2019-03-26-Secure-Plesk-With-a-Lets-Encrypt-Certificate-Plesk-Onyx-17-8-11.png?fit=850%2C385&ssl=1","width":850,"height":385},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-secure-a-plesk-hostname-on-port-8443-with-lets-encrypt\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to secure a Plesk hostname on port 8443 with Let&#8217;s Encrypt"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/","name":"24x7serversupport Blog","description":"Linux | CPanel | WHM | webhosting| Plesk | DirectAdmin | CentOs | Debian | Ubuntu Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/decfb5fad6bde6ac6822d4e965c6d401","name":"24x7support","url":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/author\/24x7support\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_2019-03-26-Secure-Plesk-With-a-Lets-Encrypt-Certificate-Plesk-Onyx-17-8-11.png?fit=850%2C385&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3074"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3079,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3074\/revisions\/3079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}