Newer version available (3.0.0):
Introduction
CertSage was designed for people of all ages and experience levels who want an incredibly quick and easy way to acquire Let's Encrypt TLS/SSL certificates. CertSage is especially helpful if you are using a shared hosting plan that does not allow root access, such as GoDaddy or tsoHost shared hosting. It's free, of course!
Changes from Version 2.1.0
- Removed all functionality for adding/updating contact email addresses due to Let's Encrypt no longer supporting this functionality
Requirements
PHP 7.0+
Installation
Assuming that your domain name is example.com
...
- Download certsage.txt.
- Upload
certsage.txt
into the webroot directory of your website (e.g./public_html
) that contains the content that you access when you normally visithttp://example.com
. - Rename
certsage.txt
tocertsage.php
.
Usage
Assuming that your domain name is example.com
...
- Visit
http://example.com/certsage.php
. - Copy your password from your
password.txt
file located in yourCertSage
data directory, which by default is located in the parent directory of the directory where you installed CertSage. TheCertSage
data directory andpassword.txt
file are created automatically by CertSage when you visit the CertSage page in your browser if they don't already exist. Should you wish to change your password, simply replace the contents ofpassword.txt
with whatever password you wish to use going forward. - Enter the (sub)domain names in the box, one per line, for which you wish to acquire a certificate (e.g.
example.com
andwww.example.com
). - Select your certificate key type.
- Enter/paste your password into the password box.
- (Optional) To ensure that your CertSage installation is working, push the button to acquire a staging (fake) certificate.
- If you are confident that your CertSage installation is working, repeat steps 3, 4, and 5 above (if necessary) then push the button to acquire a production (real) certificate.
- If you use cPanel, push the button to have CertSage install your production certificate into your cPanel and setup a cron job for you to automatically renew your certificate when needed. If you don't use cPanel, you'll need to install your production certificate using some other method and manage your own certificate renewals.
Using CertSage with Multiple Domain Names Hosted within a Single cPanel Account
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