How to Configure letsencrypt with Apache on Centos 7 Server

With all the talk about FREE ssl certificates and how Google is trying to move towards a more secure internet.

I thought it was time to setup an SSL Certificate with Letsencrypt on Centos 7

Get everything using Git

git clone https://github.com/letsencrypt/letsencrypt
cd letsencrypt
./letsencrypt-auto --help

Now I must note this was done on a Fresh VPS with nothing else installed.

I did have to stop firewalld to get everything to function correctly.

systemctl stop firewalld

Now since I do not have apache or anything else installed yet, I did certificates only in standalone.

./letsencrypt-auto certonly --standalone --email [email protected] -d briansnelson.com -d www.briansnelson.com

You will get a notice that everything has been completed and where can find your ssl certificates

To view your ssl certificates

cd /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.briansnelson.com/
ls

Output:

cert.pem  chain.pem  fullchain.pem  privkey.pem

Also do not forget to start the firewall backup

systemctl start firewalld

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