RSSSL on Google Cloud Platform

  • Resolved willkeyworth

    (@willkeyworth)


    4 years, 3 months ago

    HELP! I am so messed up with Google Cloud Platform with a Click to Deploy WordPress install. Why can’t they just have a control panel, like Plesk for God’s sake!???

    I installed the Really Simple SSL as a last ditch effort to get my site secured with https…I read a bazillion tutorials and probably messed things up bad. I get an error during the install SSL progress. See photos in links.

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  • Plugin Author Mark

    (@markwolters)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    Hi @willkeyworth,

    Google Cloud Platform does allow you to install the SSL certificate generated by Really Simple SSL. For instructions on how to install the SSL certificate on Google Cloud Platform see https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/python/securing-custom-domains-with-ssl#using_your_own_ssl_certificates

    Alternatively, if you have SSH/command line access you can use Certbot to install an SSL certificate. See https://certbot.eff.org/ for more information on using Certbot.

    Thread Starter willkeyworth

    (@willkeyworth)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    OK, I may be screwed here. The certificate I want to install is on a subdomain I added by adding a new A-record to the original domain name. I have tried all the things you mention in the links you sent.

    Thread Starter willkeyworth

    (@willkeyworth)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    here is the message I get:

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    Plugin Author Mark

    (@markwolters)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    Hi @willkeyworth,

    does your private key start with —–BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY—–? Google requires an RSA formatted private key. It could be your private key starts with —–BEGIN PRIVATE KEY—–, thus being a regular private key instead of an RSA formatted one. If your key is not an RSA key, you can convert it with the following command in your terminal:

    openssl rsa -in filename.key -out filename_rsa.key

    Thread Starter willkeyworth

    (@willkeyworth)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    Here’s the error message I get 🙁

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    Plugin Author Mark

    (@markwolters)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    Hi @willkeyworth,

    you have to replace filename.key with your actual .key file name. You can download the .key file from the Really Simple SSL wizard and then run the command with the updated filename.a

    Thread Starter willkeyworth

    (@willkeyworth)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    I downloaded a private .crt file – is that the same as .key? and do I simple edit in text editor, save, and upload?

    Plugin Author Mark

    (@markwolters)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    After completing the Really Simple SSL Let’s Encrypt wizard, you can download a certificate file (.crt) and a private key file (.pem):

    To convert the .pem to .key you can run the following command:

    openssl rsa -in private.pem -out private.key

    you can then copy the contents of the private.key file in the Google Cloud Platform private key box.

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by Mark.
    Thread Starter willkeyworth

    (@willkeyworth)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    It won’t let me upload any file if they aren’t correct from the start. But we are all set for now. I don’t know why, but the client purchased a certificate from Godaddy and it’s working now. I will close this thread.

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by willkeyworth.
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