How To Install a Free SSL Certificate on DigitalOcean With Apache2

Install Free SSL Certificate on DigitalOcean | Hello friends, My name is Naga Durgarao Baddhi, Today I teach you how to install a free SSL certificate on DigitalOcean without hassle.

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Note: You must watch above video before executing below commands, If you have any doubts during installation please ask me on comment section.

Install a Free SSL Certificate on DigitalOcean

#01 Step

sudo apt-get update

#02 Step

sudo apt-get install apache2

#03 Step

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:certbot/certbot

#04 Step

sudo apt-get update

#05 Step

sudo apt-get install python-certbot-apache

#06 Step

sudo apachectl stop

#07 Step

letsencrypt --authenticator standalone --installer apache -d example.com

#08 Step

sudo service apache2 start

#09 Step

service apache2 restart

#10 Step

www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=example.com

Setup Auto-Renewing

#01 Step

sudo crontab -e

#02 Step

0 1 1 */2 * cd /usr/local/letsencrypt && ./letsencrypt-auto certonly --apache --renew-by-default --apache -d example.com >> /var/log/example.com-renew.log 2>&1

#03 Step

service apache2 restart

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