## **🌐 Overview**

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificates encrypt the connection between your landing page and your visitors' browsers. When SSL is active, your page loads over **https://** and displays a padlock icon in the browser — building trust and improving SEO signals. This article walks you through adding an SSL certificate to a landing page hosted through Search Atlas.

## **✅ Before You Begin**

Make sure you have the following ready before starting:

- A custom domain that you own and can manage DNS records for.
- Access to your domain registrar or DNS provider (for example, GoDaddy, Namecheap, or Cloudflare).
- Your landing page already created inside Search Atlas.
- Admin-level access to your Search Atlas account.

## **🗺️ Step 1: Navigate to Agency Hub Settings**

SSL configuration for landing pages is managed through the Agency Hub section of the platform.

1. Log in to your Search Atlas account.
2. In the header, click the **apps-grid icon**.
3. Select **More Features**, then click **Agency Hub**. You will land on the **/agency-settings** page.
4. Locate the **White Label Setup** section at the top of the page.

## **🔗 Step 2: Connect Your Custom Domain**

Your SSL certificate is tied to your custom domain. If you have not already connected a domain to your landing page, complete this step first.

1. Inside **White Label Setup**, find the field labelled **Custom Domain**.
2. Enter the full domain or subdomain you want to use (for example, **pages.yourdomain.com**).
3. Save your changes.

Once your domain is saved, Search Atlas will display the DNS records you need to add at your domain registrar. Copy these values carefully — you will need them in the next step.

## **⚙️ Step 3: Add DNS Records at Your Domain Registrar**

Log in to your domain registrar or DNS provider and add the records provided by Search Atlas. Typically, you will need to add one or more of the following record types:

- **CNAME record** — points your subdomain to the Search Atlas hosting address.
- **A record** — points your root domain to the Search Atlas IP address (if applicable).

After adding the records, save them in your DNS provider. DNS changes can take anywhere from a few minutes to 48 hours to propagate globally, though most updates complete within 1–2 hours.

## **🔒 Step 4: Enable SSL on Your Landing Page**

Once your DNS records have propagated and Search Atlas detects your connected domain, SSL provisioning begins automatically.

1. Return to **Header apps-grid icon → More Features → Agency Hub** (/agency-settings) in Search Atlas.
2. Under **White Label Setup**, check the status of your domain. When the domain is verified, you will see a confirmation indicator.
3. Search Atlas will automatically provision a free SSL certificate for your connected domain using a trusted certificate authority.
4. Once issued, your landing page will be accessible over **https://** with a valid padlock in the browser.

No manual certificate upload is required — the process is fully automated once your domain is verified.

## **🔍 Step 5: Verify Your SSL Certificate Is Active**

After provisioning is complete, confirm SSL is working correctly:

- Open your landing page URL in a browser using **https://** at the start of the address.
- Check that the browser shows a padlock icon in the address bar.
- Click the padlock to view certificate details and confirm the certificate is valid and issued for your domain.
- If the browser shows a security warning, DNS propagation may still be in progress — wait an additional hour and try again.

## **⚠️ Troubleshooting Common Issues**

- **SSL not provisioned after 24 hours:** Double-check that your DNS records match exactly the values shown in Search Atlas. Extra spaces or incorrect record types are common causes of failure.
- **Browser still shows http://:** Clear your browser cache and try again, or test in an incognito window.
- **Domain not verified:** Use a free DNS lookup tool (such as dnschecker.org) to confirm your CNAME or A record is resolving correctly before contacting support.
- **Mixed content warnings:** Ensure all images, scripts, and links on your landing page also use **https://** URLs.

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