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Setting up Lets Encrypt SSL on older versions of Ubuntu
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The default “certbot” client will not work on older versions of Ubuntu because of outdated python and openssl versions. Here is a quick script that does the job. https://github.com/Neilpang/acme.sh

After installing the script, run

acme.sh --issue -d domain.in -d www.domain.in -w /var/www/document-root \
--certpath /etc/ssl/certs/domain.in.crt \
--keypath /etc/ssl/certs/domain.in.key \
--fullchainpath /etc/ssl/certs/intermediate.pem \
--reloadcmd  "service apache2 restart"

Add the following in Apache configuration file

SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/domain.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/certs/domain.key
SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/ssl/certs/intermediate.pem

Add acme.sh to crontab as described in its github page and restart Apache.

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