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How to Setup SSL in Magento

Magento is an ecommerce vendor for online merchants. Online merchants can sell products from the Magento store. Web browsers rely on SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) for private communication over the Web. An SSL certificate comes in two segments, a public and a private key. The public key uses encrypted information. The private key deciphers the information. The stronger the encryption, the less likely a hacker is to hack into a website to steal confidential information such as a credit card number. If you need SSL certification to protect your users’ personal information, you can setup SSL in Magento.

->   Sign in to Magento and then navigate to the “Admin” area.

->   Navigate to “System,” “Configuration,” and then “Web” to access the  SSL options.

->   Enter the website that needs the SSL certificate in “Base URL” under the “Unsecure” area.

->  Enter your Magento store’s website in “Base URL” in “Secure” section.

->   Select “Yes” in the two options that say, “Secure URL in Fronted” and “Secure URL in Admin” to enable SSL.