SSL in Bitnami Wordpress Multisite

If you need to setup SSL with a WordPress multisite package, managed by bitnami, you are really in luck! They have packaged a really great tool to help you install SSL certificates on the site. Not only is it simple, but it uses Let’s Encrypt and provides a free cert!

Special thanks to AWS Lightsail for the documentation and bitnami for managing the tool.

Resolution

Bitnami provides their own HTTPS configuration tool, bncert-tool, for installing standard Let’s Encrypt certificates. Bitnami stacks released after May 10, 2019 include bncert-tool by default.

The bncert-tool tool automatically performs the following procedures:

Configures HTTPS certificates on Bitnami stacks.
Creates automatic certificate renewals.
Sets up HTTP to HTTPS redirections.

Prerequisites and limitations

Make sure that the domain in the DNS records points to the IP address of your Lightsail instance.
Certificate creation for wildcard domains isn’t possible using the bncert-tool.

Run the following command to launch the Bitnami HTTPS configuration tool: