Hi; I just wanted to know the exact mechanism of generating a certificarte with the command certbot certonl ? Is it as follows? Private Key is automatically generated in "pem" format by the certbot acme client and it is never shared with Let's Encrypt to be placed as this file at this directory /…

[image] wbounni: Private Key is automatically generated in "pem" format by the certbot acme client and it is never shared with Let's Encrypt to be placed as this file at this directory Correct [image] wbounni: CSR is also generated automatically by the Certbot acme client and sent to L…

Is the private key generated by certbot?

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_az June 12, 2023, 1:00am 2

Correct

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Is the private key generated by certbot?

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