Please fill out the fields below so we can help you better. Note: you must provide your domain name to get help. Domain names for issued certificates are all made public in Certificate Transparency logs (e.g. https://crt.sh/?q=example.com ), so withholding your domain name here does not increase secr…

You can only get publically trusted certificates (such as from Let’s Encrypt) for publically registered domains. The domain khizarasim.com isn’t registered at all, therefore you cannot get a Let’s Encrypt certificate for this domain.

Hi, Thanks for the reply. You have said that it is only possible for registered domains. So will I be able to get certificate for a domain that is registered but not hosted? Thanks again

Hi @syedkhizarulhaq-cis [image] syedkhizarulhaq-cis: So will I be able to get certificate for a domain that is registered but not hosted? that's possible. But then you have to use dns-01 validation, not http-01 validation. Read [image] How It Works - Let's Encrypt The objectiv…

Hi, I have a registered domain on godaddy.com which is not hosted. I am confused as to how will I prove the ownership of the registered domain? Thanks.

[image] syedkhizarulhaq-cis: I am confused as to how will I prove the ownership of the registered domain? That's explained in the "DNS-01 challenge" section of the second link ("Challenge Types") which was posted by @JuergenAuer above.

That section will explain that you’ll have to create specified DNS TXT records as requested by Let’s Encrypt in order to prove control. However, you are only required to create these temporarily (each time you request a certificate) and you don’t have to create any DNS A or CNAME records (so your si…

Hi, What about the Boulder? Can it be used to get the cert for a local server? Reference: [image] Simple Boulder server setup Server T… Thanks

[image] syedkhizarulhaq-cis: What about the Boulder? Can it be used to get the cert for a local server? Boulder is the software used by Let's Encrypt to issue certificates. However, a certificate is only publically valid if it is signed by a valid intermediate or root certificate. And those i…

Hi, So it will be more like a self signed cert? Thanks

[image] syedkhizarulhaq-cis: So it will be more like a self signed cert? In effect, yes. [Discourse text padding here]

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syedkhizarulhaq-cis August 9, 2019, 5:22am 8

Hi,

What about the Boulder? Can it be used to get the cert for a local server?

Reference:

Thanks

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