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Asked: 2026-05-25T10:17:00+00:00

Facebook require SSL certs for a secure Canvas URL. I notice some organizations offer

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Facebook require SSL certs for a secure Canvas URL.

I notice some organizations offer free, self-signed SSL certificates. You can aslso find them by using your search engine of choice.

Will these types of certificates be acceptable?

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    You may be able to use a Self Signed certificate but it will throw up browser warnings because your certificate isn’t included in the ones that are trusted. To get a proper certificate you need to pay and get one through a Certificate Authority

    According to this forum post on the FB Developer Forums you should be able to:

    Facebook has not set up any requirements for the SSL certificate, but in the interest of your users not being showed an invalid signature dialog (It’s looking pretty dangerous in firefox, while it’s not dangerous at all having a self-signed cert) you should get a certificate for somewhere around 10$/Yr.

    However the wording on the Developer Roadmap suggests that you actually need to obtain a certificate. You could get the minimum required certificate for about $10/year and could save quite a few headaches

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