# Setup certbot on my linux server
**URL:** https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/setup-certbot-on-my-linux-server/91669
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [April 20, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/setup-certbot-on-my-linux-server/91669 "2019-04-20T15:08:22Z")
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### Author:  [@Linus\_x](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/Linus_x)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/setup-certbot-on-my-linux-server/91669/1 "2019-04-20T15:08:22Z")
Please provide me guide lines. I want to set up to my server by myself. Hope you understand.
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### Author:  [@JuergenAuer](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/JuergenAuer)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/setup-certbot-on-my-linux-server/91669/2 "2019-04-20T20:24:58Z")
Hi @Linus_x
> [@Linus\_x](#):
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> Please provide me guide lines.
start with the basics:
> **[How It Works - Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/how-it-works/)**
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> The objective of Let’s Encrypt and the ACME protocol is to make it possible to set up an HTTPS server and have it automatically obtain a browser-trusted certificate, without any human intervention. This is accomplished by running a certificate...
Then select a client:
> **[ACME Client Implementations - Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/client-options/)**
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> Last updated: Jul 22, 2023 | See all Documentation Let’s Encrypt uses the ACME protocol to verify that you control a given domain name and to issue you a certificate. To get a Let’s Encrypt certificate, you’ll need to choose a piece...
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/setup-certbot-on-my-linux-server/91669/3 "2019-05-20T20:25:05Z")
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