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== Let's Encrypt ==We used to run certificates from StartSSL because they offer free one-year certificates. However, today we upgraded to using 'LetsEncrypt' and our certificates are both more secure and easier to manage. Instead of a "B" grade, we now have "A" grade security.[[File:AGrade.png|left|500px]] Using [[File:BGrade.png|right|500px]] '''Certbot''' ([https://github.com/certbot/certbot code]) is a fully-featured, extensible client for the Let's Encrypt CA (or any other CA that speaks the ACME protocol) that can automate the tasks of obtaining certificates and configuring web servers to use them. This client runs on Unix-based operating systems. It '''requires''' root access and is '''beta''' software. Until May 2016, Certbot was named simply <code>letsencrypt</code> or <code>letsencrypt-auto</code>, depending on install method. Instructions on the Internet, and some pieces of the software, may still refer to this older name. [https://certbot.eff.org/#pip-apache Certbot website] at EFF.org (the Electronic Frontier Foundation). == Service ==Using our [[Ansible]] role, we you can install the certbot client. Then we can install as many manage your certificates as needed; plus setup an automated job which will renew them every 90 days.
== Resources ==
# [[wp:Transport Layer Security|Transport Layer Security]]
# https://letsencrypt.org/getinvolved/ Get Involved with Lets Encrypt
## https://letsencrypt.org/getting-started/ Getting Started
## https://github.com/letsencrypt/letsencrypt Code on GitHub
## https://letsencrypt.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ Docs
# https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Server_Side_TLS
# https://security.stackexchange.com/
# [https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/ssl/ Apache docs]
# [https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/certificates-and-security.html Ubuntu Server Guide - Certificates and Security]
# [https://github.com/jaywink/ansible-letsencrypt Ansible role for LetsEncrypt]
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