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title: How to install Let’s Encrypt in your Truehost cPanel
description: Truehost Cloud has a partnership program with Let’s Encrypt SSL to provide free SSL certificates to those hosting at Truehost. With SSL being more and more critical for sites, this is a very timely partnership that benefits Truehost clients. To…
url: "https://truehost.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-install-lets-encrypt-in-your-truehost-cpanel-2/"
updated: "2024-06-07"
category: SSL
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# How to install Let’s Encrypt in your Truehost cPanel

Truehost Cloud has a partnership program with Let’s Encrypt SSL to provide free SSL certificates to those hosting at Truehost. With SSL being more and more critical for sites, this is a very timely partnership that benefits Truehost clients.

To install the free Let’s Encrypt SSL, please follow the steps below:

- Login to **the cPanel**
- Navigate to **Let’s Encrypt**icon in the cPanel under **Security** section

![](https://www.truehost.co.ke/support/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/le1.png)

- Click **Issue** link

![](https://www.truehost.co.ke/support/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/le2-1024x73.png)

- On the page that appears, click **Issue**button at the base of the page. The certificate will now install. Should take about 30 seconds to 1 minute. Once through, you’ll get a notice saying the SSL has been installed successfully.

![](https://www.truehost.co.ke/support/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/le3-1024x205.png)

- Now, on cPanel, go to **File Manager>>public_html** folder. On your top right, click **Settings>>Show Hidden Files** then **Save**.
- Check for a file called **.htaccess** and add the following code at the top and Save
   **RewriteEngine On
   RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]**

Note: If you are installing the Let’s Encrypt SSL on a *subdomain*, instead of navigating to **File Manager >> public_html**folder as described in step 6, you will navigate to the root folder of the subdomain. The same applies to *Addon domains*. Simply put, where your website files will reside is where you place the **.htaccess** file after installing Let’s Encrypt

- Now that You have installed Let’s Encrypt, access the site and confirm it’s on https!