# A Brief History of TLS Certificates at Shopify

DevFeed: [A Brief History of TLS Certificates at Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-brief-history-of-tls-certificates-at-shopify-1310.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/brief-history-tls-certificates-shopify>)

Author: Charles Ng

Published: 2020-05-14T15:46:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shopify.md>), [TLS (Transport Layer Security)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tls.md>), [certificates](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/certificates.md>), [Provisioning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/provisioning.md>), [Internet Explorer](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internet-explorer.md>)

Tags: [certificates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/certificates.md>), [internet-explorer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet-explorer.md>), [provisioning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/provisioning.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>), [tls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tls.md>)

## AI overview

Shopify describes its progression from manually provisioning a small number of TLS certificates to developing a fully automated system for encrypting storefront traffic at scale. The article covers early certificate management, Shopify Plus, operational drawbacks, and the automation project that began in 2015.

## Source excerpt

In this post, we'll cover Shopify's journey from manually provisioning TLS certificates to the fully automated system that supports over 1M businesses.