The life of a certificate

Ferry requests, renews and tries again each certificate with no action from you.

New hostname. The proxy routes a new hostname. The hostname gets its certificate in seconds.

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See the certificates

Terminal

$ ferry certificatesHOST               SERVICE   CERTIFICATEshop.example.com   shop      issued        expires in 2mo

In the dashboard, open Server → Domains. The list has each hostname with the state of its certificate.

State	Meaning
Issued	The host has its certificate. Ferry shows the date when it ends.
In request	Ferry requests the certificate now.
Failed	The request failed. Ferry shows the cause and the time of the next try.

Automatic HTTPS

Ferry gets one certificate for each public hostname from Let's Encrypt, with the HTTP-01 challenge.

The headers that your app gets

The proxy removes the address headers that a client sends and sets its own, thus your app can trust them.