https://www.linuxhosted.com/tags/lets-encrypt/Recent content in Lets-Encrypt on LinuxHosted.comHugo -- gohugo.ioenLinuxHosted.comMon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.linuxhosted.com/post/certbot-tls-ubuntu-vps/Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.linuxhosted.com/post/certbot-tls-ubuntu-vps/ <p>There is no longer any reason to serve a website over plain HTTP. A trusted TLS certificate costs nothing, browsers flag sites without one as &quot;Not Secure,&quot; and search engines treat HTTPS as a ranking signal. The piece that used to be painful — issuing, installing, and <em>renewing</em> certificates every ninety days — is now fully automated by <strong>Certbot</strong>, the EFF's Let's Encrypt client. This guide takes an Ubuntu VPS running Nginx from no certificate to a valid, auto-renewing one, and verifies that the renewal will actually fire long before the certificate expires.</p>