Nowadays I am creating accounts and installing wordpress using https:// as default.
When I create an account https:// doesn't work initially because the AutoSSL cron job hasn't run yet. So if my customer goes to their website before 0200hrs (cron time) they get a privacy error as no SSL certificate is present.
So...wouldn't it be a good idea if autoSSL could issue a certificate when the account is created.
I like this idea 
This feature should land in version 62
This feature should land in version 62
This is now in a public version of cPanel & WHM version 62, which is in our EDGE tier. AutoSSL is triggered when an account is created, rather than require that the user wait until the nightly maintenance.
This is now in a public version of cPanel & WHM version 62, which is in our EDGE tier. AutoSSL is triggered when an account is created, rather than require that the user wait until the nightly maintenance.
How will this work? Since new accounts won't necessarily (and probably won't be) pointing to the server immediately after account set up? DCV won't be in place.
How will this work? Since new accounts won't necessarily (and probably won't be) pointing to the server immediately after account set up? DCV won't be in place.
Yes yes yes ! And this should also include the creation of SSL at Addon domain and Sub Domain creation time.
Yes yes yes ! And this should also include the creation of SSL at Addon domain and Sub Domain creation time.
I'm not really sure that automating this is really the way to go. Making it easier for end-users to apply for and install free certificates in their cPanel - including a check to make sure that the domain name resolves to the server before even attempting to apply for a certificate - and educating the end-user on how to use this process would seem to be a better idea to me.
But I suppose there's nothing wrong with having an option to "automatically" attempt to install a certificate on account creation. I just don't think it's going to work very well and server administrators probably need to be aware of this. I think this option to automatically attempt SSL installs should be defaulted to disabled and server administrators should have to take explicit action to enable it.
I'm not really sure that automating this is really the way to go. Making it easier for end-users to apply for and install free certificates in their cPanel - including a check to make sure that the domain name resolves to the server before even attempting to apply for a certificate - and educating the end-user on how to use this process would seem to be a better idea to me.
But I suppose there's nothing wrong with having an option to "automatically" attempt to install a certificate on account creation. I just don't think it's going to work very well and server administrators probably need to be aware of this. I think this option to automatically attempt SSL installs should be defaulted to disabled and server administrators should have to take explicit action to enable it.
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