HowTo secure apache2 with lets Encrypt on Debian 12
How To Secure Apache with Let’s Encrypt on Debian 12 Excerpt Let’s Encrypt is a Certificate Authority (CA) that provides an easy way to obtain and install free TLS/SSL certificates, enabling encrypted HTTPS on web servers. In this tutorial, you will use Certbot to get a free SSL certificate for Apache on Debian 12 and configure your certificate for auto-renewal. Introduction Let’s Encrypt is a Certificate Authority (CA) that provides a way to obtain and install free TLS/SSL certificates), thereby enabling encrypted HTTPS on web servers. It helps the process by providing a software client, Certbot, that attempts to automate most (if not all) of the required steps. Currently, the entire process of obtaining and installing a certificate is fully automated on both Apache and Nginx. In this tutorial, you will use Certbot to get a free SSL certificate for Apache on Debian 12 and configure your certificate for auto-renewal. This tutorial will use the native Apache virtual host file instead of the default configuration file. We recommend that you create new Apache virtual host files for each domain as this helps avoid common errors and keep the default files as a fallback configuration. Prerequisites To follow this tutorial, you will need: