How to encrypt and protect your moodle site for free with let's encrypt
- 1. How To Encrypt and Protect your Moodle Site for Free Jonathan Moore ¡ñ http://elearningconsultancy.com ¡ñ jonathan@elearningconsultancy.com ¡ñ Twitter: @moorejon ¡ñ Skype: moorejon07
- 2. What is Let's Encrypt? ¡ñ A new certificate authority ¡ñ Offering free Secure Sockets Layer / Transport Layer Security (SSL / TSL) certificates ¡ñ Automate process to simplify installation
- 3. What you need ¡ñ A domain you control ¡ñ Admin access to server hosting the domain ¡ñ Some comfort with command line ¡ñ Desire to improve your site's security
- 4. Why encrypt? ¡ñ Protect user's login credentials ¡ñ Protect confidential information stored on your site ¡ñ Help improve the internet's herd immunity ¡ñ Browser makers gradually making this the default for 'safe' access indicators ¡ñ More difficult for ISPs / carriers interfere with usability of your site
- 5. Warning! ¡ñ Do you have a good backup ¡ñ This can damage your configuration files
- 6. Get the client ¡ñ https://certbot.eff.org/
- 7. Installation
- 8. Usage
- 9. Renewals
- 10. Moodle Setup ¡ñ Site Administration ¡ú Security ¡ú HTTP Security
- 11. To Fully Encrypted Site ¡ñ Edit config.php ¨C Change $CFG->wwwroot ¡ñ From http:// ¡ñ To https://
- 12. Re-write old URLs on Existing Sites ¡ñ http://my_domain/moodle31/admin/tool/replace/
- 13. Compatibility ¡ñ Works with most current browsers ¡ñ Will improve over time
- 17. Test it ¡ñ Early days for Let's Encrypt ¡ñ Try first on staging or pilot site