Using Let’s Encrypt

Go use Let’s Encrypt, it’s an free and easy method of creating trusted certificates.

Installation

#TODO

Automatic Renewal

Here’s a small cron script to automatically renew a certificate at 00:00 on the first day of every month.

$ cat /etc/cron.d/letsencrypt-renewal
0 0 1 * * root systemctl stop nginx && sleep 1 && letsencrypt certonly -t --standalone -d colbyolson.com --email colby@colbyolson.com --renew-by-default && systemctl start nginx