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Clone the letsencrypt cli.

git clone https://github.com/letsencrypt/letsencrypt
cd letsencrypt

Request a new certificate for your domain manually.

./letsencrypt-auto certonly -a manual -d janikvonrotz.ch

This install dependencies, prompt a few things and finally output something like this:

Create a file containing just this data:

Ye_NZDAneJxd6qAZ-rYA69PaC5zX7MvPoL2RCAylRjI.vrz1sjWRICB9gRaBBY4j9RorDIZ-3MMinwKOrnzFyak

And make it available on your web server at this URL:

http://janikvonrotz.ch/.well-known/acme-challenge/Ye_NZDAneJxd6qAZ-rYA69PaC5zX7MvPoL2RCAylRjI

Do exactly as told.

If you are using hugo as CMS, simply create the file and folder strucuture inside the static folder.

Check with curl before moving on with the challenge.

curl http://janikvonrotz.ch/.well-known/acme-challenge/Ye_NZDAneJxd6qAZ-rYA69PaC5zX7MvPoL2RCAylRjI

Finish the challenge and you should find the certs and key here: /etc/letsencrypt/live/janikvonrotz.ch

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