acme.sh

  • Installing and Using acme.sh for SSL Certificates (2025 Edition)

    ByPieter Bakker

    This guide covers the clean installation of acme.sh and how to request and manage SSL certificates. We’ll use a server-wide installation approach with an organized directory structure. This tutorial assumes you’re logged in as root. If not, switch to root: Why acme.sh? acme.sh is a lightweight, pure bash ACME client that offers: Part 1: Clean…

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    Generate SSL certificates with acme.sh on Nginx.

    ByPieter Bakker

    In this article, we will see how to install and configure “acme.sh” to generate SSL certificates for domains and how to implement it with Nginx to secure the connection to corresponding websites hosted on our web server via “HTTPS”. To optimize the security of connections to the web server and comply with all applicable guidelines,…

  • Remove domain from list of certificates in acme.sh.

    ByPieter Bakker

    It often happens that a domain is moved to another web server or is simply no longer registered and the corresponding certificate needs to be removed from the list of domains that acme.sh maintains. This can be done easily with the following command: # acme.sh –remove -d my_domain.com [Wed Feb  1 15:10:58 CEST 2022] my_domain.com…