I want to install Let's Encrypt

Welcome.
I want to install Let's Encrypt on an AlmaLinux server. Could you please provide instructions on how to install it and the commands to use from the shell?

Thank you.

Welcome Back to the Let's Encrypt Community! :slightly_smiling_face:

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Is it possible to install it on a Linux server? Could you provide the commands or installation instructions?

Let's Encrypt is a free, automated, and open Certificate Authority. You most likely are seeking guidance on installing an ACME client on your Linux host in order to obtain a certificate from that authority. In the article that was shared earlier, there is a link to an article on ACME Client Implementations. You will want to read it.

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Please follow the links that @linkp and I have provided. They will get you going.

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Thank you.

I'm the server owner and I want to install it on the server. What commands do I need to execute using the Putty program? Unfortunately, the links I found didn't help me. Thank you for your assistance.

Start here:

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Unfortunately, sir, I followed the commands but they didn't work. My server system is Linux: AlmaLinux v8.10.0 STANDARD, cPanel Version 132.0.9. Could you please send me the installation commands? Thank you for your efforts.

Exactly what commands did you run, and exactly what happened when you did? "they didn't work" is about the most useless problem report possible. You expected it to do something. It did something. All we can infer from "they didn't work" is that the something it did, and the something you expected it to do, weren't the same thing.

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No. The exact commands you ran on your machine, and the exact results. I don't think I could have been clearer about this. Don't link me to the instructions page that I've already seen.

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[root@host ~]# sudo snap install --classic certbot
sudo: snap: command not found
[root@host ~]# sudo ln -s /snap/bin/certbot /usr/bin/certbot
[root@host ~]# sudo certbot --apache
sudo: certbot: command not found
[root@host ~]# /etc/crontab/
bash: /etc/crontab/: Not a directory
[root@host ~]#

That didn't suggest a problem to you?
Notice this on the instructions page:

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If you had sent me the orders here, I would have carried them out and been done with it. Thank you.

No offence, but why should the volunteers of this community copy/paste instructions that are already there in the exact guide you've mentioned yourself?

To me it looks more like the guide isn't being followed correctly.

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Surely you're just as capable of reading instructions on documentation pages as you are of reading them on a forum. Aren't you?

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I read and followed these instructions, but nothing appears in the control panel.

Thank you.
sudo dnf install snapd
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap

"control panel"?

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It's probably worth pointing out that Alma 8 is EOL. But if you have cPanel, why not turn it on in cPanel?

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Yes, cPanel has instructions on how to install it from cPanel.