Updated: 22 October 2026 · Applies to: Centova Cast, native TLS on a custom hostname
Centova Cast supports using your own hostname with SSL/TLS on a stream.
Requirements
- A domain or subdomain you control.
- An SSL certificate and its private key for that hostname.
First, point the hostname at your Centova server's IP, either by creating an A record for it in your domain's DNS, or through your web hosting control panel if that is where the domain's DNS is managed.
Set up TLS on the account
- Log in to your Centova account as a reseller or admin.
- List the accounts under your Centova installation.
- Select the stream username you want to set the hostname and SSL for.
- Under that station's radio settings, change the hostname to the one you pointed at the Centova server's IP above.
- Go to the SSL/TLS tab and set Enable native TLS to Yes.
- Paste the SSL certificate followed by the CA bundle into Certificate chain.
- Paste the certificate's private key into Certificate private key.
- Click Test TLS configuration to confirm the certificate is valid and matches the hostname.
- Click Update to save, then restart the station.
Once native TLS is working, new TLS tune-in links appear under the station's Quick Links section.
Use the TLS tune-in links (not the old plain-HTTP ones) when sharing your stream going forward, since browsers increasingly block or warn on mixed-content audio players that try to load a plain HTTP stream from an HTTPS page.
