: Are self-signed SSL certificates allowed by shared hosting providers? I have contacted my hosting provider (GoDaddy.com) about how to implement self-signed SSL certificate in my server. Their support

@Ann8826881

GoDaddy does not support installing self-signed SSL certificates in shared web hosting accounts, as can be confirmed from this thread: Does shared hosting support installing self-signed certificates?.

GoDaddy's shared web hosting accounts use a custom control panel (not cPanel, Plesk, etc...) that doesn't provide the option to install SSL certificates. They need to be provisioned by their SSL department and installed on a shared web hosting account with a dedicated IP address. When you order an SSL with them, they'll convert your shared web hosting account from using a shared IP address to using a dedicated IP address.

If you upgrade your shared hosting account to a VPS or dedicated server, you will be able to use a self-signed SSL certificate (either with cPanel or Plesk as the control panel, or manually since you'll have root access).

It is possible to add a self-signed SSL to a shared web hosting account with a dedicated IP address, but unfortunately not at most web hosting companies that use custom control panels (as many larger ones do to save license fees, streamline options for users, etc...).

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@Rivera981

Generally no they are not and they are not recommended either to be used in general. The reason is that they can't be validated or reasonably confirmed to be valid. There is no certificate authority that can vouch for it, such as Verisign, GeoTrust, or even GoDaddy itself. The trust attributed to a certificate is mainly who has vouched for it and how it was verified or issued. Self signed, they only have your word for it, anyone can create an SSL that says anything.

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