You can obtain an SSL certificate for your site by:
- Using a web host that integrates SSL and configures HTTPS for you.
- Getting an SSL certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA)
Using a web host with SSL Security.
A number of web hosts provide SSL certificates and automatically configure webservers to support HTTPS connections.
Use a Google website that provides SSL security for free.
Google provides SSL security for the sites hosted on the following Google products for free.
Google My Business
You can create a site through Google My Business and integrate it with your secure namespace domain.
- “Create your free website with Google” in the Google My Business help center
- “Use your existing domain name for your new site” in the Google My Business help center
Blogger
You can set up a custom domain name for Blogger to satisfy the security requirements of a domain in a secure namespace (.app)
- You must use blogger as the primary site for the domain. Do not use the web forwarding or subdomain forwarding features to redirect your domain or a subdomain to the blog.
- If you already own the domain, follow the instructions in “Integrate with Blogger”
- If you already have a blog and want to add a secure domain, you can purchase it directly from the Blogger settings screen. See “Set up a custom domain” in the blogger help center
Use one of our partner web hosts.
Google’s web host partners can provide security at a variety of prices, starting from no additional cost.
- Bluehost (WordPress)
- Shopify
- Squarespace
- Weebly
- Wix
See “Web presence”
You can also integrate your domain with any other web host that provides SSL security. See “Map your domain to a third-party web host” for a instructions on integrating your domain with several popular web hosts. Read your web host’s help center to make sure it provides SSL.
Getting an SSL certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA)
You can obtain an SSL certificate for your domain directly from a CA. You will then have to configure the certificate on your web host or on your own servers if hosting it yourself.
You can get a free SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt, a popular CA that provides certificates in the interest of creating a safer Internet:
More help on configuring HTTPS: