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--- automated_free_https_secure_web_ssl_certs [2026/10/24 18:49] – created admin
+++ automated_free_https_secure_web_ssl_certs [2026/10/24 18:56] (current) – Page complete admin
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-= Automated Free HTTPS Secure Web SSL Certificates
+=====Automated Free HTTPS Secure Web SSL Certificates=====
 Debian (amongst other linux distros) have a package that can be used to automatically get https ssl certs for your apache setup. What used to be quite a process creating self signed certs, can now be fully automated with Lets Encrypt ( https://letsencrypt.org/ )
 Lets Encrypt gives SSL certs for 90 days (but may reduce to 64 days). That is not a problem however, as cron will automatically request a new certificate when the time comes.
-== Install Package ==
+==== Install Package ====
+<code>
  apt-get install python3-certbot-apache
  certbot --apache -d xxxx.com
+</code>
 End Result ->
-#####
+<code>
 Account registered.
 Requesting a certificate for xxxx.com
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 Deploying certificate
-Successfully deployed certificate for sburke.eu to /etc/apache2/sites-available/02-xxx-le-ssl.conf
+Successfully deployed certificate for xxxx.com to /etc/apache2/sites-available/02-xxx-le-ssl.conf
 Congratulations! You have successfully enabled HTTPS on https://xxxx.com
-#####
+</code>
 Right, so what did it do!
 Well it correctly picked up the correct config in apache and modified it to add into <VirtualHost *:80>
+<code>
 RewriteEngine on
 RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.xxxx.com [OR]
 RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =xxxx.com
 RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent]
+</code>
 It then created a new vhost config:
 /etc/apache2/sites-available/02-xxx-le-ssl.conf
-Copying details of existing vhost for 80 and modifying it for 443.
+Copying details of existing vhost for 80 and modifying it for 443.
+<code>
 <VirtualHost *:443>
         ServerAdmin email@domain.com
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 </VirtualHost>
 </IfModule>
+</code>
 It reloaded apache.
 Volia. Magic. Site not encrypted.
-Unbelievably easy. Really. Kudos cerbot, lets encrypt and debian.
+Unbelievably easy. Really. Kudos certbot, lets encrypt and Debian.
 Crontab added in:
 cat /etc/cron.d/certbot
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 Refs:
-https://linuxconfig.org/generate-ssl-certificates-with-letsencrypt-debian-linux
+  * https://linuxconfig.org/generate-ssl-certificates-with-letsencrypt-debian-linux
-https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/how-to-install-lets-encrypt-on-debian-13/
+  * https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/how-to-install-lets-encrypt-on-debian-13/
-https://wiki.debian.org/LetsEncryp
+  * https://wiki.debian.org/LetsEncryp