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How do I update the SSL certificate when it's due to expire?
- Posted on June 22, 2021
- NginxSecurityDNSUbuntu 20.04
Asked by jpvonoy
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This question is a follow-up to this tutorial:
How To Host a Website Using Cloudflare and Nginx on Ubuntu 20.04
Using the tutorial above for Cloudflare, how do I go about updating the SSL certificate before it expires? Is there a way to set it up to automatically renew 30 days prior to expiration?
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Hi @jpvonoy,
I recommend using Certbot. Certbot will install a free Let’s Encrypt certificate and will actually help you auto-update it. DigitalOcean have a pretty good tutorial that will help you do exactly that :
Alternatively, if you want to use Cloudflare’s SSLs you can check the following article: How-do-I-add-SSL-to-my-site-cloudflare
You can install certbot and use it to automatically renew the SSL certificate. certbot official website