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I installed letsencrypt cetificate but which steps do I need to take to renew it when it expires?

February 15, 2017 773

Let's Encrypt Ubuntu 16.04

I followed this fantastic tutorial and got my domain running under https succesfully.

But when the certificate expires in may, what do i need to do?

Do I just need to run the following command to renew it and all the configuration i did already is still valid:

sudo letsencrypt certonly -a webroot --webroot-path=/var/www/html -d example.com -d www.example.com

Or do I need to go through the rest of the steps?

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kirinlin February 16, 2017
You can follow the step 3 in this toturial:
How To Secure Apache with Let's Encrypt on Ubuntu 16.04 | DigitalOcean

How To Secure Apache with Let's Encrypt on Ubuntu 16.04
This tutorial will show you how to set up a free TLS/SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt on a Ubuntu 16.04 server running Apache as web server. TLS certificates are used within web servers to encrypt the traffic between server and client, providing extra security for users accessing your application.

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jtittle1 February 18, 2017

As mentioned by @kirinlin -- inside the guide above, using sudo letsencrypt renew would be the way to go when it come to renewing all certificates, whether you have one or multiple.

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