From 1b43e640d1852f49bc2d796b51683641a1b89129 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jjroush Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 23:01:35 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Added initial content for the Certbot stub. (#19164) --- .../english/developer-tools/certbot/index.md | 17 ++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/client/src/pages/guide/english/developer-tools/certbot/index.md b/client/src/pages/guide/english/developer-tools/certbot/index.md index 48dc12faff..ea71bd37e8 100644 --- a/client/src/pages/guide/english/developer-tools/certbot/index.md +++ b/client/src/pages/guide/english/developer-tools/certbot/index.md @@ -3,13 +3,20 @@ title: Certbot --- ## Certbot -This is a stub. Help our community expand it. +Certbot is a client for [Let's Encrypt](https://guide.freecodecamp.org/developer-tools/lets-encrypt), created by the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation). It allows users to create and automatically renew SSL certificates from Let's Encrypt. A Let's Encrypt certificate can last 90 days so Certbot will automatically fetch a new cert before the old ones expires. -This quick style guide will help ensure your pull request gets accepted. +#### System Requirments - +- Unix-based OS +- Terminal Root Access +- Python 2.7 or 3.4^ + +#### Implementation + +Depending on your server environment, CertBot is should be reletively easy to setup. [This](https://certbot.eff.org/) website is a great place to go to get a step-by-step guide for most hosting environments. In order to setup it is crucial that you have root terminal access to the hosting enviornment. If you don't or aren't familiar with the terminal check to see if host has direct integration with Let's Encrypt. #### More Information: - -https://certbot.eff.org/ +- https://certbot.eff.org/ \ Automatically enable HTTPS on your website with EFF's Certbot, deploying Let's Encrypt certificates. +- https://guide.freecodecamp.org/developer-tools/lets-encrypt \ +Learn more about what Let's Encrypt is.