---
title: "Turn on an SSL certificate for your website"
url: "https://inleed.com/helpcenter/turn-on-ssl-certificate"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-11-06"
category: "Web hosting"
type: "guide"
---

# Turn on an SSL certificate for your website

An SSL certificate lets your website load over https and show as secure. Certificates are free and are usually created automatically. Follow these steps when that hasn’t happened, or when the automation is turned off.

## Right guide?

- Is your website on Wix, Shopify or similar?  
  [Connect your domain to a website on another service](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/connect-domain-to-another-service)
- Is the certificate in place, but your website still shows “Not secure”?  
  [My website shows “Not secure”](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/website-shows-not-secure)

## Faster: let an AI app do it

If you’ve connected Inleed to an AI app, just write what you want done, for example:

> Issue an SSL certificate for example.se

Done. A free SSL certificate for example.se and www has been issued.

[How to connect an AI app](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/connect-ai-app)

## Before you start

- The domain must be on your hosting, and both the domain and www must point to it.  
  [Connect a domain to your hosting](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/connect-domain-to-hosting)

## How to turn it on

1. Log in to the [client area](https://login.inleed.net) and click your hosting under **Websites, email & DNS**.

   DirectAdmin opens. No password is needed.

2. Open **Account Manager** in the menu and click **SSL/TLS Certificates**.

   If you have several domains, switch to the right one first.

3. Click **ACME settings** if it says `The ACME system is disabled`.

   Only when the automation (ACME) is turned off for the domain.

4. Tick **Enable ACME**.

   Leave the other settings as they are.

5. Click **Save Changes**.

   The message `ACME configuration updated successfully` appears.

6. Click **Provision Now** next to the domain under **New Certificates**.

   The certificate is created right away. Otherwise it’s created automatically within 24 hours.

7. To send every visitor to https, open **Domains**, click the domain and tick **Force SSL with https redirect**.

   Only do this once the certificate works.

8. Click **Modify**.

## How to know it worked

The certificate shows as **Valid** under **Certificate list**, and **Renewal mode** is **Automatic**. It then renews by itself.

**Waiting time:** With **Provision Now** it takes a few minutes. Otherwise it usually takes 15–30 minutes after the domain points here, and at most 24 hours.

## If something doesn’t work

### “Renewal mode” says “Manual”

**Why:** ACME is turned off for the domain. The certificate still renews automatically.

**What to do:** You don’t need to do anything. If you want ACME to handle the certificate, tick **Enable ACME** under **ACME settings**.

### No certificate is created

**Why:** The domain or www doesn’t point to your hosting, or an AAAA record points somewhere else.

**What to do:** Check the A records for `@` and `www`, and remove AAAA records that point to the wrong place.

[The SSL certificate can’t be created or renewed](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/ssl-certificate-cannot-be-created)

### The website still shows “Not secure”

**Why:** The page loads images or scripts over http, or the visitor lands on http.

**What to do:** Tick **Force SSL with https redirect** in step 7.

[My website shows “Not secure”](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/website-shows-not-secure)

### A certificate you bought yourself has been replaced

**Why:** ACME replaces certificates that aren’t in the **Skip list**.

**What to do:** Add your certificate to the **Skip list** under **ACME settings**.

## Good to know

- With Inleed’s nameservers the certificate also covers first-level subdomains (`*.yourdomain.com`). **Prefer wildcard certificates** is on by default.
- Under **Provisioning history** you can see when certificates were created and whether anything went wrong.

## Related guides

- [My website shows “Not secure”](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/website-shows-not-secure)
- [The SSL certificate can’t be created or renewed](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/ssl-certificate-cannot-be-created)
- [Connect a domain to your hosting](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/connect-domain-to-hosting)
- [Log in to DirectAdmin](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/log-in-to-directadmin)