I have a GitHub page and I have a domain from namecheap. Now I've heard that Let's Encrypt offers free certificates.
Is it possible to make my site use HTTPS? How?
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Sign up to join this communityI have a GitHub page and I have a domain from namecheap. Now I've heard that Let's Encrypt offers free certificates.
Is it possible to make my site use HTTPS? How?
I don't suggest to use letsencrypt, because it contains plenty of bugs, read their own Disclaimer
Instead you can use cloudflare for github pages.
By d way, I just wrote this article, after reading your post. Thanks :)
Until GitHub Pages or CloudFlare fix things, you'll only be able to encrypt the connection between the user and CloudFlare. The connection between CloudFlare and GitHub Pages will need to remain in plaintext, using CloudFlare's "Flexible SSL" option.
– Mars Robertson
Mar 8 '16 at 21:37
To make use of a certificate you not only need to have your own domain and certificate but you need to have access to the server configuration so that you actually could use the certificate. In case of github you don't have such deep access so you cannot make use of any certificate, no matter if you got it through Let's Encrypt or some other CA.