Tutorial: Using Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates with your WordPress instance in Amazon Lightsail
Amazon Lightsail makes it easy to secure your websites and applications with SSL/TLS using Lightsail load balancers. However, using a Lightsail load balancer might not generally be the right choice. Perhaps your site doesn't need the scalability or fault tolerance load balancers provide, or maybe you're optimizing for cost. In the latter case, you might consider using Let's Encrypt to obtain a free SSL certificate. If so, that's no problem. You can integrate those certificates with Lightsail instances. This tutorial shows you how to request a Let’s Encrypt wildcard certificate using Certbot, and integrate it with your WordPress instance using the Really Simple SSL plugin. Contents Step 1: Complete the prerequisites Step 2: Install Certbot on your Lightsail instance Step 3: Request a Let’s Encrypt SSL wildcard certificate Step 4: Add TXT records to your domain’s DNS zone in Lightsail Step 5: Confirm that the TXT records have propagated Step 6: Complete the Le...