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HTTPS/SSL Certificates

Part of the Backend Developer Roadmap

In short

Serving your API securely over encrypted HTTPS — most modern hosting platforms provision and renew free certificates (via Let's Encrypt) automatically.

How to learn this

  1. 1Confirm your deployed API automatically has a valid HTTPS certificate.
  2. 2Learn what Let's Encrypt is and how automatic certificate renewal works.
  3. 3Understand why plain HTTP APIs are unacceptable for anything handling real user data.

More topics at this stop

Cloud Computing BasicsAWS EC2AWS S3AWS Lambda & ServerlessRailway/Render/HerokuEnvironment Variables in ProductionDomain & DNS SetupCDN SetupGoogle Cloud Platform (Overview)Azure (Overview)

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