Free SSL Certificates by Let's Encrypt without using the Shell

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Hi there,

If you need an new SSL Certificate for your Domain, and you want to use Let’s Encrypt, you may not want to wait until it will be natively integrated into Mail-in-a-Box. So - why not getting it trough shell? - Because you have not enough knowledge or understanding of the Shell? No Problem. You can use this great web based tool to get an free certificate in 5 minutes:


Created by diafygi. Thank you for that :smiley:

(The Source Code of this static page is open, and maybe we can use it for the MiaB LE Integration too @JoshData)

Feedback welcome!

Sincerly

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I ended up building my own client library for Let’s Encrypt: https://github.com/mail-in-a-box/free_ssl_certificate

The hard part though is really getting proper integration with Mail-in-a-Box. It’s getting close:

https://github.com/mail-in-a-box/mailinabox/tree/letsencrypt

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Worked for me - only extra step is stopping nginx so you can do the domain ownership verification. Otherwise it’s very easy.

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Tip: Issue a new Certificate after 30 or 60 days and dont wait until day 89. if there are any issues You Would have enough Time to fix them :wink:

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Would you mind making a step by step tutorial ?

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Coming tomorrow :slight_smile: I will do it :slight_smile:

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I put my notes here, 2nd comment: https://github.com/mail-in-a-box/mailinabox/pull/630

Happy to answer questions.

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Thanks! I appreciate it. :slight_smile: