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Welcome to the home page for TLS on Apigee Edge. This landing page provides links to
documentation, samples, and other resources related to using TLS on Apigee Edge.

## Getting Started with TLS

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| ### [About TLS/SSL](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/system-administration/about-ssl) Get a basic overview of TLS and TLS terminology. | ### [Using TLS with Edge](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/system-administration/using-ssl-edge) Get an overview of where Edge uses TLS in both the cloud and on-premises (Apigee Edge for Private Cloud). |

## Configuring TLS on Edge

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| ### [Using TLS in a cloud-based Edge installation](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/system-administration/configuring-ssl-cloud-based-edge-installation) Learn about configuring TLS with Edge in the cloud. | ### [Using TLS in a Private Cloud installation](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/system-administration/configuring-ssl-premises-edge-installation) Learn about configuring TLS with Edge for Private Cloud. |
| ### [Keystores and Truststores](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/system-administration/keystores-and-truststores) Learn how to create and configure keystores and truststores. | ### [Configuring TLS access to an API for the Private Cloud](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/system-administration/creating-virtual-host) Learn how to create a virtual host using HTTP or HTTPS in Edge for Private Cloud. |
| ### [Configuring TLS from Edge to the backend (Cloud and Private Cloud)](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/system-administration/configuring-ssl-edge-backend-service) Learn how to configure a TLS connection from Edge to a backend server. | ### [Using TLS on the portal](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/system-administration/using-ssl-portal) Learn how to configure TLS for the Developer Services Portal. |

## Additional TLS resources

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| ### [About virtual hosts (Beta)](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/fundamentals/virtual-hosts) Get more information about using virtual hosts on Edge. | ### Edge for Private Cloud Operations Guide Edge for Private Cloud customers should refer to the *Operations Guide* for information on configuring TLS for some areas of Edge, which is available from your private FTP account or on the [Apigee Support Portal](https://apigee.com/about/support/portal) under **Libraries** (Edge for Private Cloud version 4.16.01 and earlier) and online at [Configuring TLS/SSL for Edge On Premises](https://docs.apigee.com/private-cloud/latest/configuring-ssl-edge-premises) (version 4.16.05 and later). |