HTTPS on free domains

[InfinityUserPlusOne]

If you are using one of the free domains (great-site.net) is it possible to have your site using HTTPS, or is this only possible if you are using your own domain?

[KangJL]

You can do this

How to get Free SSL (HTTPS) on InfinityFree

If you’re using free hosting with your own domain or a subdomain, you’ll want to make your website work over HTTPS (SSL). Fortunately, InfinityFree provides all the tools you need to make it so. If you like videos better then text guides, scroll on down to the bottom of this guide. This guide uses the control panel functions and the Free SSL Certificates tool provided by InfinityFree to get SSL up and running on your site. Step 1: Set up the domain on your hosting account The first thing to do…

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How to install an SSL certificate

In order to get a padlock in the address bar in your website, you need to install an SSL certificate on your website. This article describes how to do that. If you would rather watch a video, scroll down to the bottom of this article. Installing an SSL certificate The first step to install an SSL certificate is of course to get the SSL certificate. You will need to get your SSL certificate from a certificate vendor of your choice. InfinityFree also provides free SSL certificates in the client …

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How to force all traffic to HTTPS

After you’ve enabled SSL for your website, you’ll probably want to redirect all traffic on your website to the https version of your site. There are multiple ways to do that. Let’s compare some commonly used ways. Using script configuration Some scripts (including Wordpress) have a setting which allows you to set your website URL. By changing this URL from http://example.com to https://example.com, the script will probably redirect visitors to the https version of your site. Even if your script…

[InfinityUserPlusOne]

I tried that already, but when you come to paste the destination value into CNAME it comes back with an error (string too long or something like that from memory). I thought it might be because i don’t own the domain. As there will be many users with the domain great-site.net can each user setup a new SSL cert?

[KangJL]

@InfinityUserPlusOne

but when you come to paste the destination value into CNAME it comes back with an error (string too long or something like that from memory)

This sounds like you are doing it wrongly.
Please provide more information.
Screenshot may be helpful for this case

[Herbert]

Hey there you can indeed setup free SSL for your free domain. the error you are seeing is likely you have an extra space in that destination string. to make sure you have no extra spaces, just double click on that destination string and copy it then paste it into your CNAME destination field.

[InfinityUserPlusOne]

I’ve got it working now. I think the problem was that i thought the domain name was just the great-site.net bit, but its actually the full website name.

Thanks

[Admin]

@InfinityUserPlusOne

I tried that already, but when you come to paste the destination value into CNAME it comes back with an error (string too long or something like that from memory).

If you did it correctly, you shouldn’t have to enter any CNAME record at all. During the SSL setup process, it should offer you the ability to setup the CNAME record for you.

If you didn’t get that option, it usually means that made a typo in your domain name. On the CNAME record screen, you’ll also see a red banner saying the domain name is not assigned to your hosting account.

In the future, you can make it easier for your self by going ignoring the “Free SSL Certificates” option in the main menu, and instead go to Accounts → your account → your domain → Manage SSL Certificate.