# Let's Encrypt x Shopify: Securing the Web 4.5 Million Domains at a Time

DevFeed: [Let's Encrypt x Shopify: Securing the Web 4.5 Million Domains at a Time](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/let-s-encrypt-x-shopify-securing-the-web-4-5-million-domains-at-a-time-1569.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/securing-shopify-domains-letsencrypt>)

Author: Charles Barbier

Published: 2021-06-24T18:30:02Z

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>), [SSL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ssl.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>), [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>), [Internet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internet.md>), [Software as a service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/saas.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [apis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apis.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [internet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet.md>), [open](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open.md>), [ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ruby.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>), [ssl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssl.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

Shopify describes its collaboration with Let's Encrypt to automate HTTPS certificate provisioning and renewal for millions of domains. The article explains how the ACME protocol and standardized APIs enabled a scalable, specification-driven approach to certificate management without merchant interaction.

## Source excerpt

Let's Encrypt is a game changer for the industry. For a big software-as-a-service company like Shopify, it saves time because their implementation is built around an open specification.