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