This subject is a 2nd part of trouble: https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/where-certificates/ I found certificate on local PC and did export but without private key and have no choise to change export with private key (it’s impossible by system). My hosting asking about this private (security) key…

Hi @eda66 , The best case for using Let's Encrypt with your site is for your hosting provider to add its own support for Let's Encrypt (including making new certificates). It will be inconvenient to use Let's Encrypt if you have to get the certificates yourself outside of the hosting provider's syst…

win-acme didn’t ask me or gave me a choose to make/save private key and now I just can’t export it (see upload) [111]

Yes, my hoster said that: “The control panel allows you to install SSL certificates issued by any certification authority including self-signed ones. There is no way to use Let’s Encrypt software to automatically issue, reissue and install certificates.”

If someone get a problems like me too. Open file “settings.json” in folder “win-acme” and change “PrivateKeyExportable”: false, (on true,) after that in “windows certificates center” do export and choose “with private key” and follow Next. Saving PFX file on PC and do convert .pfx to .pem Open…

Thanks for sharing your solution, @eda66 .

Where can I found a private key?

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schoen September 9, 2020, 5:40am 5

If you have a choice of web hosting providers, you could consider using one that does support Let's Encrypt in an automated way:

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Where can I found a private key?

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