Plugins (certbot)

Certbot relies on plugins to perform authentication and installation. Plugins such as webroot and standalone only perform authentication, while others such as the Apache and Nginx plugins are designed to automatically obtain and install certificates (i.e. web server configuration).

Other plugins include several vendor-specific DNS plugins for DNS-01 authentication.

Most certbot plugins are installed separately, except the webroot and standalone plugins which are built-in.

python3-certbot-apache
python3-certbot-dns-cloudflare
python3-certbot-dns-digitalocean
python3-certbot-dns-dnsimple
python3-certbot-dns-google
python3-certbot-dns-rfc2136
python3-certbot-dns-route53
python3-certbot-nginx

Errors

none of the preferred challenges are supported by the selected plugin. Skipping

Related commands

• certbot certonly --webroot
• certbot certonly --standalone

See also

• Certbot, Let's Encrypt: certbot (command), plugins, OCSP, certbot certificates, certbot renew (examples), /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log, Certificate Checker, Certbot changelog, certbot --help, /etc/letsencrypt/