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How do I update the SSL certificate when it's due to expire?

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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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KFSys • June 22, 2021
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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 :

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-nginx-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-20-04

Alternatively, if you want to use Cloudflare’s SSLs you can check the following article: How-do-I-add-SSL-to-my-site-cloudflare

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hasanparasteh • June 22, 2021

You can install certbot and use it to automatically renew the SSL certificate. certbot official website

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