How to Apply for a Free DV SSL Certificate at West.cn

Currently, Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Upyun, and other providers have launched free SSL certificate products. West.cn has followed suit, allowing users to apply for free SSL certificates as HTTPS becomes increasingly popular and widespread.

Create Order

If you do not have a West.cn account, please register at www.west.cn and complete the relevant authentication. Next, open the SSL certificate application page: SSL Application, select TrustAsia - Domain Type (DV), and proceed with the 0-yuan purchase and order payment.

Complete Certificate Details

After the order is completed, you can find the order in the website backend under Business Management > Other Projects > SSL Certificate Service to complete the certificate details.

Submit for Review

Next, fill in the domain name and other information as accurately as possible to avoid affecting the review process. Choose either DNS or File verification to submit for review and wait for the next step.

Verify Domain

If you choose DNS verification, you will be required to add a CNAME record. For detailed verification instructions, please refer to the official documentation: Domain Ownership Verification Tutorial.

Domains registered with West.cn will automatically complete the resolution. For non-West.cn domains, you can add the resolution manually according to the requirements. Under normal circumstances, the process takes a few minutes to tens of minutes. If it takes too long, it is recommended to submit a ticket for consultation. Once the certificate is issued successfully, select your corresponding WEB type to download.

Other Notes

• Whether you fill in www or not during the application, the certificate will be issued for both domain.com and www.domain.com. If you need more subdomains, you must apply multiple times.
• For file verification, please check that the path is correct and ensure it returns a 200 status code (301 redirects, etc., will affect the review).

Summary

The process for applying for a free DV SSL certificate at West.cn is relatively simple; the only thing to watch out for is ensuring the verification step is done correctly. If you are unsure how to deploy HTTPS, you can refer to: How to Deploy SSL Certificates with Nginx. Additionally, domestic CDN providers supporting free HTTPS include VeryCloud CDN (Supports HTTPS, Free 50GB Traffic).