Certbot
certbot[1] is a fully-featured, extensible client for the Let’s Encrypt CA (or any other CA that speaks the ACME protocol defined in 2015-2016) that can automate the tasks of obtaining certificates and configuring webservers to use them. This client runs on Unix-based operating systems.
Installation[edit]
- Ubuntu:
apt install certbot - macOS:
brew install certbot
You can additionally install certbot plugins:
python3-certbot-apachepython3-certbot-dns-cloudflarepython3-certbot-dns-digitaloceanpython3-certbot-dns-dnsimplepython3-certbot-dns-googlepython3-certbot-dns-rfc2136python3-certbot-dns-route53python3-certbot-nginx
Ubuntu files[edit]
- Binaries:
certbotandletscrypt - Configuration files:
- Renewals configuration:
/etc/cron.d/certbot]] - Logs:
/var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Examples[edit]
certbot -d YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME.com --manual --preferred-challenges dns certonly
Create a wildcard certificate:
certbot -d *.YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME.com --manual --preferred-challenges dns certonly
Request a certificate[edit]
- List certificates:
certbot certificates certbot renewcertbot renew --force-renewalcertbot delete --cert-name YOUR_CERT_NAME- Changing a Certificdate's Domain[2]:
certbot certonly --cert-name example.com -d example.org,www.example.org - Automated renewals:
systemctl list-timers
- Stop your webserver:
systemctl stop nginx
certbot certonly --standalone --preferred-challenges http -d YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME.com
Client with the currently selected authenticator does not support any combination of challenges that will satisfy the CA. You may need to use an authenticator plugin that can do challenges over DNS.
certbot certonly --standalone --agree-tos --preferred-challenges dns -d *.YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME.com(You will be asked for information)
None of the preferred challenges are supported by the selected plugin
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.example.com/fullchain.pem;ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.example.com/privkey.pem;
openssl x509 -text -noout -in cert.pem
certbot certonly --standalone
certbot --nginx Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log The requested nginx plugin does not appear to be installed
Activities[edit]
See also[edit]
certbot [ certificates | renew | certonly ], certbot --help- 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/ - CA, Root Certificates, FreeIPA, PKI, OpenCA, Wildcard certificate,
certtool,certbot(Let's Encrypt),certinfo(Cloudflare), ACME, Boulder,cfssl(Cloudflare), Public key certificate, public key, TLS and X.509, OCSP, Subject Alternative Name (SAN),openssl ca, Self signed certificate, CSR,keytool, ACM, KMS,aws acm, IdenTrust, multirootca, cert-manager, ca_cert_identifier
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