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About the Let's Encrypt Client
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In short: getting and installing SSL/TLS certificates made easy (`watch demo video`_).
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The Let's Encrypt Client is a tool to automatically receive and install
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X.509 certificates to enable TLS on servers. The client will
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interoperate with the Let's Encrypt CA which will be issuing browser-trusted
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certificates for free beginning the summer of 2015.
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It's all automated:
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* The tool will prove domain control to the CA and submit a CSR (Certificate
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Signing Request).
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* If domain control has been proven, a certificate will get issued and the tool
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will automatically install it.
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All you need to do is:
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user@www:~$ sudo letsencrypt -d www.example.org
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**Encrypt ALL the things!**
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.. |build-status| image:: https://travis-ci.org/letsencrypt/lets-encrypt-preview.svg?branch=master
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:target: https://travis-ci.org/letsencrypt/lets-encrypt-preview
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:alt: Travis CI status
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.. |coverage| image:: https://coveralls.io/repos/letsencrypt/lets-encrypt-preview/badge.svg?branch=master
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:target: https://coveralls.io/r/letsencrypt/lets-encrypt-preview
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:alt: Coverage status
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.. |docs| image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/letsencrypt/badge/
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:target: https://readthedocs.org/projects/letsencrypt/
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:alt: Documentation status
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.. _watch demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gas_sSB-5SU
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Disclaimer
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This is a **DEVELOPER PREVIEW** intended for developers and testers only.
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**DO NOT RUN THIS CODE ON A PRODUCTION SERVER. IT WILL INSTALL CERTIFICATES
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SIGNED BY A TEST CA, AND WILL CAUSE CERT WARNINGS FOR USERS.**
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Current Features
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* web servers supported:
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- apache2.x (tested and working on Ubuntu Linux)
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- standalone (runs its own webserver to prove you control the domain)
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* the private key is generated locally on your system
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* can talk to the Let's Encrypt (demo) CA or optionally to other ACME
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compliant services
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* can get domain-validated (DV) certificates
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* can revoke certificates
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* adjustable RSA key bitlength (2048 (default), 4096, ...)
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* optionally can install a http->https redirect, so your site effectively
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runs https only
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* fully automated
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* configuration changes are logged and can be reverted using the CLI
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* text and ncurses UI
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* Free and Open Source Software, made with Python.
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Links
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Documentation: https://letsencrypt.readthedocs.org/
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Software project: https://github.com/letsencrypt/lets-encrypt-preview
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Notes for developers: CONTRIBUTING.md_
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Main Website: https://letsencrypt.org/
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IRC Channel: #letsencrypt on `Freenode`_
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Mailing list: `client-dev`_ (to subscribe without a Google account, send an
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email to client-dev+subscribe@letsencrypt.org)
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.. _Freenode: https://freenode.net
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.. _client-dev: https://groups.google.com/a/letsencrypt.org/forum/#!forum/client-dev
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.. _CONTRIBUTING.md: https://github.com/letsencrypt/lets-encrypt-preview/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
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