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The Complete SSL and TLS Guide: HTTP to HTTPS

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  • 53,923 Students
  • Updated 6/2025
4.4
(4,329 Ratings)
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Course Information

Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
10 Hour(s) 55 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Bogdan Stashchuk | 300K Students Worldwide | MBA, PhD
Rating
4.4
(4,329 Ratings)
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Course Overview

The Complete SSL and TLS Guide: HTTP to HTTPS

Configure Cloudflare, FREE Let's Encrypt SSL/TLS certificate, NGINX and Apache web servers, create CSR SSL request

This course is all about securing websites with SSL/TLS certificates.

Become a master of HTTPS, Let's Encrypt, Cloudflare, NGINX and SSL/TLS Certificates.


This is the most complete practical SSL guide here on Udemy that includes tons of practical activities. All practice exercises are performed on a real domain and real hosting and finally you will get production ready solution with HTTPS setup and redirection of HTTP to HTTPS. You can have zero knowledge about computer networks, encryption, configuration of web servers. All will be taught from scratch, from simple setup to complex solution. If you want to get deep knowledge of SSL and HTTPS this course is for you!


We will start by exploring basics of symmetric encryption algorithms like AES,  asymmetric encryption RSA, hashing protocols MD5 and SHA.  Also I will explain you fundamentals of computer networks, TCP/IP stack and for that we will use Wireshark traffic analyzer.

You will learn what is the structure of the SSL/TLS certificate. Also you will understand why CAs (Certificate Authorities) are needed and how chain of trust is built.

In practice sections we will perform multiple practice activities:

  1. Buy a domain and configure DNS settings

  2. Use Certbot ACME client to automatically obtain free SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt

  3. With help of OpenSSL generate RSA keys, self-signed certificates

  4. Secure Wordpress with Apache using SSL/TLS certificates

  5. Create CSR (Certificate Signing Request) by OpenSSL and submit CSR to CA server

  6. Configure Cloudflare for your domain and setup different SSL modes of operations

  7. Install and configure NGINX web server for SSL/TLS certificates

  8. Migrate from HTTP to HTTPS

  9. Redirect all traffic using HTTP 301 redirect from HTTP to HTTPS


With this course you will get lifetime-long access to 100 lectures and tens of practical exercises. After the course you will become a guru of SSL and TLS encryption and will be able easily obtain and install SSL certificates on your web servers.

You will also get 30-days money-back guarantee. No questions asked!

Don't wait and join the course now!

Course Content

  • 10 section(s)
  • 112 lecture(s)
  • Section 1 Course Introduction
  • Section 2 Introduction to the HTTPS and TLS
  • Section 3 Encryption and hashing overview
  • Section 4 RSA, Certificates and Chain of Trust
  • Section 5 SSL, TLS and HTTPS
  • Section 6 Launching TLS secured website with free domain and hosting
  • Section 7 Custom domain with free hosting
  • Section 8 Free TLS certificate (Let's Encrypt) at paid hosting
  • Section 9 Cloudflare with free TLS certificate
  • Section 10 Configuring NGINX web server and installing TLS certificate

What You’ll Learn

  • Learn how to install SSL/TLS Certificate on the web server
  • What is the difference between HTTP and HTTPS
  • What is CA (Certificate Authority) and how chain of trust is built
  • How TLS certificate is structured (subject name, issuer name, validity period, signature etc.)
  • Let's Encrypt free certificates that are valid 90 days. Certbot ACME client for automatic certificate issuing and renewal
  • Cloudflare reverse proxy with free SSL certificates
  • CSR (Certificate Signing Request), domain validation and certificate installation
  • Install and configure NGINX web server for SSL/TLS encryption

Reviews

  • P
    Patrick Flynn
    3.5

    The course was called ssl-complete-guide but second half wandered too much into process of creating environments and other irrelevant information Time spent calling VMs as droplets and creating such nonsense was totally irrelevant and of zero value

  • C
    Chike Chiagbaizu
    5.0

    The instructor provided an in-depth explanation of TLS, encryption algorithms, and hash algorithms.

  • D
    DANIEL BENNER
    5.0

    Everything I wanted to know about SSL/TLS Certificates, the encryption behind them and their usage, and even how to install them in a variety of web servers. Plus a full overview of the reverse proxy Cloudflare, which was really helpful.

  • D
    Didier GUEGUENIAT
    3.5

    Exellent sujet , parcourant les protocoles ssl, tls de façon tres concrète et facile à mettre en pratique

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