How to Install Let's Encrypt SSL with LAMP Stack on Rocky Linux 8
Let's Encrypt is a non-profit certificate authority run by Internet Security Research Group that provides X.509 certificates for Transport Layer Security encryption at no charge. In this article, we are going to learn how to install Let's Encrypt SSL on Rocky Linux 8. So, let’s get started.
Checkout the Let's Encrypt SSL Project Here.
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Pre-requisites :
-
A system with Rocky Linux 8 installed and running.
-
root
access to the system. - LAMP Stack installed and running, for this, you can refer to one of our guides on installing the LAMP Stack (Apache, MariaDB, and PHP).
Once you're all set, we'll proceed with Let's Encrypt SSL installation and configuration.
Install Certbot
Let us begin with installing Certbot.
dnf install epel-release -y
dnf install certbot python3-certbot-apache -y
Configuring Apache vHost
Create a new apache configuration file dev1.domainhere.info.conf
for the domain with the following command:
nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/dev1.domainhere.info.conf
Add the following codes:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName dev1.domainhere.info
ServerAlias dev1.domainhere.info
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
<Directory /var/www/html/>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/dev1.comainhere.info-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/dev1.comainhere.info-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Change dev1.domainhere.info with
Your Domain Name
.
Now, press the Esc
key, and type in :wq!
and press the Enter
key to save and exit the file.
Now, restart & check the apache with the following commands:
systemctl restart httpd
systemctl status httpd
Enable Firewall:
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=http
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=https
firewall-cmd --reload
Generating Let's Encrypt SSL
Generate Let's Encrypt SSL with the following command.
certbot --apache
Restart Apache
Restart apache to avoid getting error messages.
systemctl restart httpd
Now you have successfully installed Let's Encrypt SSL with LAMP Stack on Rocky Linux 8.
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