How to setup Certbot wildcard certificate on Apache
Certbot allows simple, quick and free provisioning of SSL certificates using LetsEncrypt.
How to install Certbot
Option 1 (recommended)
Option 2
How to run Certbot
If you want to run the automated setup and get your certificate installed directly to apache, then:
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If you only want the certificate, then:
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How to test the automatic renewal
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How to get Wildcard certificates provisioned
Sometimes you want a little more out of your certificates. Such as wildcards (*.example.com)
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For this you will need to do a couple things more.
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This will ask you to create a TXT
record on your DNS zone to verify that you are the owner before creating the certificate for you.
Where are my certificates now?
By default, Certbot will place your certificates under /etc/letsencrypt/*
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..and the key can be found here:
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You can always ask Certbot where things are:
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