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| author | Brad Warren <bmw@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-04-22 19:14:20 +0300 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-04-22 19:14:20 +0300 |
| commit | a817e4f0ec3ca833c48e040e3fd36e9c4faea132 (patch) | |
| tree | 2896fb92a4bf8303de94c5d7b1a53b6b7d89113e /README.rst | |
| parent | a58ad220028f446489d19f9441d091dcb23fffca (diff) | |
There's no need to use certbot-auto here. (#6970)
I came across this when looking through our docs for other references to certbot-auto.
For the README changes, I deleted a bunch of duplicated and outdated instructions in favor of pointing people to https://certbot.eff.org.
Diffstat (limited to 'README.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | README.rst | 38 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index f55581268..799507605 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -30,43 +30,15 @@ If you'd like to contribute to this project please read `Developer Guide .. _installation: -Installation ------------- - -The easiest way to install Certbot is by visiting `certbot.eff.org`_, where you can -find the correct installation instructions for many web server and OS combinations. -For more information, see `Get Certbot <https://certbot.eff.org/docs/install.html>`_. - -.. _certbot.eff.org: https://certbot.eff.org/ - How to run the client --------------------- -In many cases, you can just run ``certbot-auto`` or ``certbot``, and the -client will guide you through the process of obtaining and installing certs -interactively. - -For full command line help, you can type:: - - ./certbot-auto --help all - - -You can also tell it exactly what you want it to do from the command line. -For instance, if you want to obtain a cert for ``example.com``, -``www.example.com``, and ``other.example.net``, using the Apache plugin to both -obtain and install the certs, you could do this:: - - ./certbot-auto --apache -d example.com -d www.example.com -d other.example.net - -(The first time you run the command, it will make an account, and ask for an -email and agreement to the Let's Encrypt Subscriber Agreement; you can -automate those with ``--email`` and ``--agree-tos``) - -If you want to use a webserver that doesn't have full plugin support yet, you -can still use "standalone" or "webroot" plugins to obtain a certificate:: - - ./certbot-auto certonly --standalone --email admin@example.com -d example.com -d www.example.com -d other.example.net +The easiest way to install and run Certbot is by visiting `certbot.eff.org`_, +where you can find the correct instructions for many web server and OS +combinations. For more information, see `Get Certbot +<https://certbot.eff.org/docs/install.html>`_. +.. _certbot.eff.org: https://certbot.eff.org/ Understanding the client in more depth -------------------------------------- |