# I need help with SSL

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-help-with-ssl/34085>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [October 3, 2015, 5:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-help-with-ssl/34085 "2015-10-03T05:44:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![orangepeel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/orangepeel/32/46244_2.png) [@orangepeel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/orangepeel)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 5:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-help-with-ssl/34085/1 "2015-10-03T05:44:10Z")

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I am trying to set up a Discourse, but I am stuck on implementing SSL. The Discourse is up and running, and ready in every respect except SSL. I even had a few friends “beta test” it. This is the first time I’ve set up a server of any kind and I have no idea what I’m doing. The [instructions](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md) for setting up a Discourse were simple enough that I could do them. That was kind of amazing. But the [instructions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-ssl-for-your-discourse-docker-setup/13847) for SSL leave more up to the user. For example, they just say:

> Get a signed cert and key and place them in the `/var/discourse/shared/standalone/ssl/` folder

I don’t have the first idea of how to place something in a folder, and I don’t even know what to Google. That’s just one step, but it’s like that for the whole series of instructions.

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