Let's Encrypt Nginx-plugin installation and usage

Question

Let's Encrypt just released their open beta, which is great.

I'm using Nginx as a webserver and I know that Let's Encrypt so far only supports Nginx via plugin.

Now the problem is this: I'm not quite sure how I should install and use that plugin.

I've been trying to run it with this command, referred from their documentation :

./letsencrypt-auto certonly --standalone -d example.com -d www.example.com

And changed --standalone to nginx ofc

No matter how I've tried, the result answer is always the same:

$ The requested nginx plugin does not appear to be installed

Any ideas how to make nginx and Let's Encrypt work together?

Cheers!

Solution 1

Time passes and it seems that now

letsencrypt-auto certonly --standalone

now works as expected

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The README.rst supplied as part of the git repo you reference in your question has this to say

• nginx/0.8.48+ (highly experimental, not included in letsencrypt-auto)

Erm ... that's it.

_{Iain's reading manuals as a service (RMAAS) at your erm ... service}

Solution 2

This is how I installed the nginx plugin on a CentOS 6 machine after installing python 2.7.

# ~/.local/share/letsencrypt/bin/pip install -U letsencrypt-nginx
# ./letsencrypt-auto plugins  | grep '^*'
* apache
* nginx
* standalone
* webroot
#

Solution 3

I was trying to create let'sencrypt certificate using certbot for my sub-domain and had following issue. Command :

ubuntu@localhost:~$ certbot --nginx -d my_subdomain.website.com

Issue :

The requested nginx plugin does not appear to be installed

Solution:

ubuntu@localhost:~$ sudo apt-get install python-certbot-nginx

Comments

[Michael Hampton]

As the README told you, the plugin doesn't work and is disabled.

[simon]

See these instructions for nginx: wjd.io/lets-encrypt-beta (I would have added this as answer, but as everything gets downvoted here, I refrain from doing so)

[user9517]

@simon Answeres rarely get downvoted as they cost people UIPs. The link you provide is currently 503.

[womble]

"The link you provide is currently 503" -- nicely demonstrating why we don't like link-only answers...

[Zoredache]

Can't you just use 'webroot' or 'manual' for nginx? Or one of the other ACME clients?

[Reid]

"the plugin doesn't work and is disabled" — It doesn't say that. It says that it's "very experimental", which is completely different.

[Shamppi]

Here's the solution that gave my homeserver that green lock aka SSL connection. digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/… Cheers!

[Shamppi]

Yeah...erm...to me it seems to say that nginx is not supported for lets encrypt auto. Also, "highly experimental" != not working. Thanks anyway.

[user9517]

We're not mind readers, this is the answer to the question you asked.

[Reid]

@Shamppi is right. "Highly experimental" is not the same as "doesn't work". No need to be obnoxious.

[Y_a_M_e]

Thanks @vikas027, the exact same command works on Ubuntu 14.04 x64

[Soman Dubey]

This worked for me. For the records, I have downloaded certbot after following this - docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/…