• Jan. 16, 2023, 10:59 a.m.
• Author: Django
• Category: Django

How to install Let's Encrypt on your VPS

Step 1

Visit https://certbot.eff.org

Step 2  

Select your server details and web server software

Step 3

Include: ServerName yourdomain.com

Comment out all WSGI commands (They're not allowed to be duplicated)

Step 4

Follow the commands below, based on your selection

Step 5

Run the sudo certbot --apache command and follow the prompts

NB: certbot will create a new file with a 'le-ssl.conf' extension

Step 6

In the original '.conf' file running on port 80; Remove all the django configurations and maintain the 'Rewrite traffic' configurations and save the file

Step 7 

In the new configuration file ending in 'le-sse.conf' (Running on port 443); Uncomment out the WSGI lines (That will allow the web server to talk to the Django code).

Now save the file

Step 8

sudo ufw allow https

sudo certbot renew --dry-run - To manually run

Setup automatic renewal by following the below Steps

Step 1

sudo crontab -e

Step 2

In your text editor set how you would want the crontab to run. Below code runs once a month

30 4 1 * * sudo certbot renew --quiet

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