Project LetsEncrypt

= LetsEncrypt

Today I replaced my self signed certs with official ones from Lets Encrypt:

== Request First Cert

ssh root@job4
cd /usr/local/bin
sudo wget https://dl.eff.org/certbot-auto
sudo certbot-auto --apache

== Apache Config Preparation

At first, this did not work. The script needs a vhost for port 80, so I created one:

/etc/apache2/vhosts.d/vhost-chickenkiller.conf:

<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerAdmin joachim.banzhaf@gmail.com
   ServerName banzhaf.chickenkiller.com
   ServerAlias banzhaf.chickenkiller.com
   DocumentRoot /srv/www/htdocs
   ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
   CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Then it complained about syntax errors in my apache config that I needed to fix (quotes not closed). Finally the validation failed due to access errors. I had to remove all old style access control and use the new apache 2.4 style, which was more straightforward than I expected:

remove all "Order deny/allow" stuff that was not ifdefd
replace all "Allow/Deny from all" by "Require all granted/denied" if not ifdefd
replace all "Allow from ip/hostname/net" by "Require host ip/hostname/net"
remove module access_compat from /etc/sysconfig/apache2 variable APACHE_MODULES
systemctl restart apache2

== Automation

The cert is only valid for 90 days. Better automate the renewal. It is enough to create this script

/etc/cron.daily/certbot-auto-renew

#!/bin/sh
python -c 'import random; import time; time.sleep(random.random() * 3600)' && /usr/local/bin/certbot-auto renew

== Fritz Box Cert

To use the cert with the fritz box web interface,

ssh root@job4 'cat /etc/letsencrypt/live/banzhaf.chickenkiller.com/[pf]*.pem' >fritz.pem

Then upload this file in the fritz box cert store with the web interface (Internet/Freigaben/Fritzbox Dienste/)

Planned: use this script to automate: https://gist.github.com/joba-1/6b2fe7294ebda3f6a5d058c6fd9ea44a

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