How to install Certbot on AlmaLinux 8

Introduction

In this article, you will learn how to install Certbot on AlmaLinux 8.

Certbot is a Python client that automates the process of obtaining free certificates from Let's Encrypt and configuring web servers to establish a secure https connection using these certificates. It does this by acquiring the certificates through Let's Encrypt.

As a starting point, we will look at the process of downloading Cerbot on AlmaLinux, learn how to acquire a free certificate by utilising it, and automatically configure nginx and apache.

Install Certbot on AlmaLinux with nginx / apache

In order to install certbot, we first need to install the epel-release repository (all of the following commands are performed with root privileges):

# yum install epel-release

Installing the client application and the package necessary for communicating with the server (using nginx as an example) is the next step.

# dnf install certbot python3-certbot-nginx

Install certbot along with the appropriate package if you are utilising Apache.

# dnf install certbot python3-certbot-apache mod\_ssl

The next step is to immediately acquire a free certificate and set up https configuration. If you are using nginx, run:

# certbot --nginx

If Apache is already installed on your system:

# certbot --apache

Run the following command to check the version of Certbot.

# certbot --version

Conclusion

Hopefully, now you have learned how to install Certbot on AlmaLinux 8.

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