Learn how to create a secured HTTP website with Let’s Encrypt Certificate Authority (CA) on an Apache HTTPS server running on a Google Cloud Platform (GCP)’s VM

Have you ever wonder how you see most websites have a secured with HTTPS instead of HTTP? Understanding the concept about TLS/SSL can be quite difficult, but this blog will show you how you create a secured HTTPS route for your Apache HTTPS server on a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) provisioned Virtual Machine.

Before starting the tutorial, though, if you want to have a good idea how TLS/SSL works, you can checkout this video first.

STEP 1: Provision a Virtual Machine

First, you need a Virtual Machine (VM). Whether you decide to use a Virtual Machine running from your local computer or use one from a public cloud provider like AWS, Azure, or GCP, that is up to you. I created a video that shows how to provision one using Google Cloud Platform, if you like to follow this.