From the course: SSL Certificates for Web Developers
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Renew Let's Encrypt certificates
From the course: SSL Certificates for Web Developers
Renew Let's Encrypt certificates
- [Instructor] In this movie, we will discuss renewing Let's Encrypt Certificates using Certbot. Let's Encrypt certificates are only valid for 90 days. That means they need to be renewed much more frequently than certificates purchased from a CA that are often valid for a year or more. The Certbot software that we use to install the certificate can also help to renew it. It will automatically renew certificates that expire in less than 30 days. By renew, I actually mean that it will go through an application process again and replace the old certificate data with a new one. So if the expiration is at 90 days, it will renew every 60 days or six times a year. When it renews, it will use the same information and options used for the expiring certificate. A task can be set up to run it each day, which automates the process so that you don't have to remember to do it. If Certbot sees that the expiration date is less than 30 days away, then it performs the renewal process quietly in the…
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