Our Vercel platform enables you to deploy modern websites and applications without needing any complicated server configuration. Not only do we automatically configure DNS records for your domain, we also instantly issue and renew free wildcard SSL certificates, completely hands-free. Historically, companies have spent thousands to get their websites HTTPS-enabled. Not to mention the whole process of issuance, download, re-upload, reconfigure, restart server with downtime — it's always enormously stressful and requires significant engineering resources. So how are we able to make this process automatic and free? All thanks to Let's Encrypt™ , a non-profit whose platform we utilize to issue SSL certificates to our users. To support Let's Encrypt's mission to encrypt the web, Vercel is coming on board as a sponsor . Let's Encrypt's role has been fundamental in enabling our customers to offer a secure experience to their users. In this post, we explore how we utilize Let's Encrypt™ under the hood.…