

Add auto-renew to crontab to run once every monthĬertificates issues by Let’s Encrypt are valid for 90 days and open to renew 30 days before expire.Ĭrontab -e, add the following line 0 0 * * * certbot renew Extra 1. Request certificate and install it automagically # Apply a single domainĬertbot -apache -d -d 3. Sudo apt-get install python-certbot-apache 2. Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:certbot/certbot Sudo apt-get install software-properties-common Install letsencrypt package with Apache plugin sudo apt-get update Updated Aug 2018: Install from PPA is now required as version in Ubuntu repository no longer worksġ. Now with Let’s Encrypt, we can request free certificate, and install/renew them automagically.

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